Grech ABC of Interventional Cardiology

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-29402-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 120 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: ABC Series

This fully updated, new edition of ABC of InterventionalCardiology is an easy-to-read, practical guide for thenon-specialist. It presents the complex aspects of interventionalcardiology in a clear and concise manner, and explains thedifferent interventions for coronary artery disease, valvular andstructural heart disease, and electrophysiology, ordered byclinical setting.
The ABC of Interventional Cardiology covers the coreknowledge on techniques and management, and highlights the evidencebase. Illustrated in full colour throughout, with new images andgraphics, it includes key evidence and guidelines, new drugtreatments and devices, with recommendations for further readingand additional resources in each chapter. It is ideal for GPs,hospital doctors, medical students, catheter laboratory staff andcardiology nurses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grech, Ever D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations x
List of Trial Abbreviations xi
1 Modifying Risk Factors to Improve Prognosis 1
Kevin S. Channer and Ever D. Grech
2 Pathophysiology and Investigation of Coronary Artery Disease 7
Ever D. Grech
3 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (I): History and Development 14
Ever D. Grech
4 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (II): The Procedure 19
Ever D. Grech
5 Chronic Stable Angina: Treatment Options 28
Laurence O'Toole and Ever D. Grech
6 Acute Coronary Syndrome: Unstable Angina and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction 34
Ever D. Grech
7 Acute Coronary Syndrome: ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction 39
Ever D. Grech
8 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Cardiogenic Shock 44
Ever D. Grech
9 Interventional Pharmacotherapy 49
Ever D. Grech and Robert F. Storey
10 Non-coronary Percutaneous Intervention 55
Ever D. Grech
11 New Developments in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 62
Julian Gunn and Ever D. Grech
12 Percutaneous Interventional Electrophysiology 71
Gerald C. Kaye
13 Implantable Devices for Treating Tachyarrhythmias 77
Gerald C. Kaye
14 Pacemakers for Bradycardia 81
Gerald C. Kaye
15 Heart Failure Dys-synchrony and Resynchronisation Therapy 87
Abdallah Al-Mohammad Ever D. Grech and Jonathan Sahu
16 Interventional Paediatric Cardiology 93
Damien Kenny and Kevin P. Walsh
Index 9

Über Autor(innen)

Ever D. Grech, Consultant Cardiologist, South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield. Dr Grech graduated from St Bartholomew's Medical College, London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, as well as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He has published widely in a number of Medical and Cardiology Journals and is co-editor of a major textbook in interventional cardiology - Practical Interventional Cardiology.