Essentials in stable angina pectoris. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Juan Carlos Kaski.
• Authors: Kaski, Juan Carlos
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris: History and Epidemiology; Introduction; History; Epidemiology: Age and Gender Differences; References; Chapter 2: Stable Angina Pectoris: Definition, Clinical Presentation and Pathophysiologic Mechanisms; Characteristics of Stable Angina Pain: Typical and Atypical Angina Pectoris and Non-cardiac Chest Pain; Pathophysiology of Angina and Different Types of Stable Angina Pectoris; Reduced Myocardial Oxygen Supply due to Coronary Artery Stenosis; Fixed Coronary Obstructions Caused by Atheromatous Plaques How to Assess the Haemodynamic Effect of a Coronary Stenosis The Role of Collateral Circulation; Dynamic Coronary Obstructions in the Epicardial Artery and the Microcirculation; Increased Myocardial Oxygen Demand: The Role of Increased Heart Rate as a Trigger of Ischaemia and a Marker of Clinical Outcome; Combined Pathogenic Mechanisms; Metabolic and Functional Consequences of Transient Myocardial Ischemia; Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Leading to Microvascular Angina; Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris: Forms of Clinical Presentation; References Chapter 3: Angina due to Obstructive Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Patient Risk Stratification Introduction; Diagnosis; Clinical History; Initial Basic Clinical Investigations; Baseline Echocardiogram and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI); Diagnostic Tests for Myocardial Ischaemia and/or Coronary Artery Disease; Stress Imaging for the Detection of Myocardial Ischaemia; Anatomical Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA); Conventional Invasive Angiography Patient Risk Stratification as Part of the Diagnostic ProcessReferences; Chapter 4: Microvascular Angina: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment; Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques (Fig. 4.2); Prognosis; Treatment of Microvascular Angina; Management of Pain Perception Abnormalities in MVA; Pharmacological Treatment of Pain in MVA; Non-pharmacological Treatment; Other Supportive Measures; References; Chapter 5: Angina in Women; Introduction; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Financial Burden of Angina Pectoris in Women; Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women Differences in Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis Diagnostic Tests; Treatment and Clinical Outcomes; References; Chapter 6: Management of Angina; Introduction; Objectives of Treatment; General Principles of Treatment; Management of Typical Angina Pectoris Caused by Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease; Risk Factor Management and Lifestyle Changes; Weight Management; Diet; Lipid Management; Smoking; Physical Activity; Arterial Hypertension; Diabetes; Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD); Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); Preventative Pharmacological Measures with an Impact on Outcome
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 163 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/22; 610; Angina pectoris; Angina pectoris; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Angina, Stable -- diagnosis; Angina, Stable -- therapy; Myocardial Ischemia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319411804; 3319411802
• Related ISBNs: 9783319411798
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 24, 2016).
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