| Description |
xi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Pathophysiology of atherosclerotic heart disease 1 -- Jorge Plutzky and Peter Libby -- 2. Blood pressure and blood pressure-lowering therapy 13 -- Bruce Neal -- 3. Lipds and lipid-modifying therapy 27 -- Alan Gaw, Christopher I Packard and James Shepherd -- 4. Novel atherosclerotic risk factors and management -- Kam Sang Woo and Dianna Maglianno -- 5. Diabetes and the heart 41 -- D John Betteridge -- 6. Management of ST elevation myocardial infarction 59 -- Josd L6pez-Senddn, Esteban Ldpez de Sd and Josd Judn Gomez de Diego -- 7. Risk assessment in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes 85 -- Harvey D White -- 8. Management of unstable Angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction 97 -- Panayotis Fasseas, Ali E Denktas and Peter B Berger -- 9. Medical management of angina pectoris 109 -- John D Horowitz -- o10. New devices in interventional cardiology and atherosclerotic disease 125 -- E Regar, CH Lee, JA Schaar, PA Lemos and PW Serruys -- 11. Coronary artery bypass surgery 135 -- Brian Buxton and Siven Seevanayagam -- 12. The contemporary management of heart failure 165 -- Norman Sharpe and Robert Doughty -- 13. Treatment of ventricular arrhythmias 179 -- Aun-Yeong Chong and Gregory Y H Lip -- 14. Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention 189 -- Graeme ] Hankey -- 15. Future challenges 203 -- Andrew M Tonkin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Coronary heart disease.
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Heart -- Diseases.
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Atherosclerosis.
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Heart Diseases.
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Arteriosclerosis.
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Arteriosclerosis.
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Heart Diseases.
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| Author |
Tonkin, Andrew M.
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| LC no. |
2007310417 |
| ISBN |
1841841234 : |
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