Challenges in acute coronary syndromes

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: De Bono D. P.; (David P.); Sobel Burton E.
Published: Blackwell Science,
Publisher Address: Malden, MA
Publication Dates: 2001.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xii, 308 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0632055790
Index Number: R541
CLC: R541.4
Call Number: R541.4/C437
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Is it all plaque rupture? -- Ch. 2. Plaque vulnerability and acute coronary syndromes: what are the prophylactic and therapeutic implications? -- Ch. 3. What is the role of infection in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 4. What is the role of coronary tone in acute coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 5. What is known about the genetics of acute coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 6. What is the role of advanced electrocardiology? -- Ch. 7. Biochemical tests in suspected acute coronary syndromes: which test when? -- Ch. 8. What is the role of MRI in coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 9. Advance imaging-PET -- Ch. 10. Does stress testing have a role? -- Ch. 11. What is the role of echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 12. Treatment of acute coronary syndromes: which heparin and for how long? -- Ch. 13. What about the novel antiplatelet agents? -- Ch. 14. What is the value of novel thrombolytic drugs and combination therapies in acute coronary syndromes? -- Ch. 15. Preconditioning, what is its potential? -- Ch. 16. Is myocardial protection effective? -- Ch. 17. Catheter-based interventions for treatment of acute coronary syndromes.