Acute coronary syndromes : a companion to Braunwald's heart disease /: a companion to Braunwald's heart disease. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Braunwald's heart disease.
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Pierre Theroux.
• Other Names: Théroux, Pierre
• Contents: The Past, the Present, the Future -- Risk Factors Predicting Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction : The INTERHEART Study -- Results from the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry -- Historical Perspective and Lessons Learned from the Euro Heart Surveys on Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Acute Coronary Syndrome in North America -- Pathogenesis of Stable and Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Molecular Mechanisms of the Acute Coronary Syndromes : The Roles of Inflammation and Immunity -- The Immune System in Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Myocardial Cell Death and Regeneration -- Pharmacogenomics -- Clinical Recognition of Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Biomarkers in Acute Ischemic Heart Disease -- Prognostic Risk Stratification After Acute Coronary Syndromes : The Role of Noninvasive Testing -- Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Nuclear Cardiology Techniques in Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Multislice Computed Tomography in Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Emerging Diagnostic Procedures for the Vulnerable Plaque -- Risk Stratification in Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- Treatment Principles and Emerging Therapies in Acute Coronary Syndromes without ST-Segment Elevation -- Antiplatelet Therapy -- Nonresponsiveness to Antiplatelet Therapy -- Anticoagulants -- Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Ranolazine, Nitrates, and Nitric Oxide Donors : Use in Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels, Adenosine, and Preconditioning -- Inflammation and Immunity as Targets for Drug Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Plaque Passivation and Endothelial Therapy -- Revascularization in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome-For Whom, When, and How? -- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Concomitant Antithrombotic Therapy -- Bleeding in the Acute Coronary Syndromes -- The Patient with Disabling [Refractory] Angina Not Amenable to Revascularization Procedures -- Dietary Intervention in Coronary Care Units and in Secondary Prevention -- Exercise Training After an Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes : European Society of Cardiology Guidelines -- ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction A Summary Article -- The Modern Cardiac Care Unit.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages), illustrations (chiefly color), color map
• Subjects: 616.1/23; Coronary heart disease; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Heart; MEDICAL -- Cardiology; Coronary heart disease; Acute Coronary Syndrome; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781416049272; 1416049274; 9781437721492; 1437721494
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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