Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clinical Practice
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is an umbrella term used to describe a series of signs and symptoms indicative of myocardial ischemia, comprising unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clini...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Springer London
2009.
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| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32874455*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Preface
- 2 Epidemiology {u2013} US, European, and global perspectives; unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
- 3 Diagnosis {u2013} symptoms, biomarkers, ECG
- 4 Risk stratification {u2013} TIMI risk score, GRACE risk score, CRUSADE/PURSUIT risk score
- 5 Medical therapy {u2013} antithrombotics, statins, etc
- 6 Percutaneous therapy {u2013} culprit vessel versus mulitvessel; BMS vs DES
- 7 Surgical therapy
- 8 Prognosis. - 9 Controversies {u2013} optimal antithrombotic strategy, fibrinolysis versus primary PCI for STEMI, preferred mode of revascularization (bare metal stents versus drug eluting stents versus CABG). - 10 Future approaches {u2013} CT angio and other evolving imaging modalities, biomarkers, proteomics, genomics, angiogenesis, myogenesis. Appendix A {u2013} Practice Guidelines {u2013} ACC/AHA and ESC
- Appendix B {u2013} Synopsis of Key Trials.
