Title | Acute Coronary Care 1987 [electronic resource] / edited by Robert M. Califf, Galen S. Wagner |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2337-2 |
Descript | XVI, 368 p. online resource |
I. Coronary Care: The Pre-Hospital Phase -- 1. Automatic Detection of Ventricular Fibrillation/Defibrillation -- 2. Helicopter Transport of Patients with Acute Ischemic Syndromes -- 3. Medico-legal Principles of Emergency and Intensive Medical Care -- II. Coronary Care: The Post-Admission Phase -- 4. Effects of Lidocaine on Ventricular Fibrillation, Asystole, and Early Death in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 5. Intravenous Beta Blocker Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 6. The Role of Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Myocardial Infarction -- 7. The Use of Confidence Profiles to Assess Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator -- III. Coronary Care: The Coronary Care Unit Phase -- 8. Preparation of the Nurse for Coronary Care in the 80โs -- 9. ST Segment Changes During Early Myocardial Infarction -- 10. A New Method for Electrocardiographic Monitoring -- 11. Computerized Quantitative Electrocardiography: Potential Roles in Evaluating the Cardiac Patient -- 12. External Transthoracic Pacing in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 13. Use of the Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in Unstable Angina -- 14. Criteria for Transfer from the Coronary Care Unit -- 15. Prognosis, Treatment and Special Concerns of Older Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction -- IV. Coronary Care: The Pre-Discharge Phase -- 16. Risk Stratification Post Myocardial Infarction -- 17. Left Ventricular Volume Changes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 18. Use of the Echocardiogram for Identifying Infarct Expansion -- 19. Ventricular Arrhythmias after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Consideration of Arrhythmia Frequency, Complexity and Variability in Assessing Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death -- 20. The Role of the Signal Averaged Electrocardiogram in Predicting Post Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia and Sudden Death -- 21. The Role of Electrophysiologic Testing in the Post-myocardial Infarction Patients -- V. Coronary Care: The Convalescent Phase -- 22. The Use of Exercise Cross-sectional Echocardiography and Exercise Doppler Echocardiography for the Assessment of Coronary Disease -- 23. The Management of Q-wave versus Non-Q-wave Infarction -- 24. Current Status of Calcium Channel Blockers After Myocardial Infarction