Emergency Cardiology

This highly practical pocket reference provides invaluable advice on management of acute cardiac problems, a major component of all emergency medical admissions. Advocating an evidence-based approach to clinical practice, the book gives detailed guidelines for day-to-day use in patient care in a variety of hospital settings - from admission in A&E through intensive therapy in the CCU to management on the cardiac or medical ward. Concise presentation allows easy access to relevant material.

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Part 1 - Acute Myocardial Infarction / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Diagnosis / Emergency care / Thrombolysis / Revascularisation / Antiplatelet therapy / Beta blockers / Calcium antagonists / Ace inhibitors / Heart failure / Arrhythmias / Mechanical complications / Risk stratification and rehabilitation / New developments / Part 2 - Resuscitation / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Ventricular fibrillation / Asystole / Electromechanical dissociation / Post resuscitation care / New developments / Part 3 - Unstable Coronary Syndromes / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Diagnosis / Risk stratification / Emergency care / Antiplatet therapy / Antithrombotic therapy / Beta blockers / Nitrates / Calcium antagonists / Revascularisation / New developments / Part 4 - Arrhythmias Unrelated to Acute Myocardial Infarction / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Atrial fibrillation / Atrial flutter / Atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia / Supraventricular arrhythmias related to accessory pathways / Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia / Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia / Bradyarrhythmias / New developments / Part 5 - Hypertension Emergencies / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Malignant hypertension / Phaeochromocytoma / Hypertensive emergencies in pregnancy / Part 6 - Aortic Disease / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Aortic dissection / Aortic transection / Inflammatory disease of the aorta / Part 7 - Pulmonary Embolism / Epidemiology and pathophysiology / Acute massive