| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), color map |
| Contents |
Classification and diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes -- Global evolving epidemiology, natural history, and treatment trends of myocardial infarction -- New and emerging insights into the pathobiology of acute myocardial infarction -- Mechanisms of myocardial ischemic injury, healing, and remodeling -- Prehospital assessment and systems of care -- Clinical practice/controversy: clinical approach to suspected acute myocardial infarction -- Optimal use of cardiac troponin in patients with chest discomfort -- Other biomarkers and the evaluation of patients with suspected myocardial ischemia -- Cardiac imaging for patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department -- Optical coherence tomography and other emerging diagnostic procedures for vulnerable plaque -- Risk stratification in acute myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: emergency department evaluation of the lower-risk patient : whom can you send home? -- Management principles in myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: selection of reperfusion therapy and transfer strategies for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction -- Fibrinolytic therapy for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction -- Revascularization in non- T-elevation acute coronary syndrome : for whom, when, and how? -- Approach to percutaneous coronary intervention in myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: selection of initial anticoagulant therapy -- Overview of antiplatelet therapy for myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: individualization of antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute coronary syndromes -- Old and new oral anticoagulant therapy after myocardial infarction -- Stem cell therapy in patients with myocardial infarction -- Recurrent ischemia and recurrent myocardial infarction : detection, diagnosis, and outcomes -- Reperfusion injury : prevention and management -- Heart failure and cardiogenic shock after myocardial infarction -- Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: mechanical circulatory support for complications of myocardial infarction : role of currently available devices -- Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction -- Epidemiology and management of bleeding in acute myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: approach to noninvasive testing after presentation with acute myocardial infarction -- Echocardiography in patients with myocardial infarction -- Nuclear cardiology techniques after myocardial infarction -- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after myocardial infarction -- New concepts in cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention after myocardial infarction -- Clinical practice/controversy: antiplatelet therapy after myocardial infarction -- Tackling the problem of adverse ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction |
| Summary |
Get the tools and knowledge you need for effective diagnosis, evaluation, and management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Myocardial Infarction: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease, by David A. Morrow, MD, is a comprehensive, hands-on resource that provides practical guidance from a name you trust. Concise and easy to use, this text explores the most recent tools for diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making, as well as the full range of available management strategies, providing outcomes data for each strategy. Myocardial Infarction also includes regular updates with late-breaking clinical trials, reviews of important new articles, and the latest guidance on clinical practice, all selected and masterfully edited by Dr. Eugene Braunwald |
| Notes |
Companion to: Braunwald's heart disease / Douglas L. Mann, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow. Tenth edition. [2015] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf title page (ClinicalKey, viewed September 9, 2016) |
| Subject |
Myocardial infarction.
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Myocardial Infarction
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Myocardial infarction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morrow, David A. (David Andrew), editor.
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| LC no. |
2016021702 |
| ISBN |
9780323401746 |
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0323401740 |
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