Angina and Heart Attack

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-959928-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 128 mm x 197 mm, Gewicht: 141 g

Reihe: The Facts

Includes Key Point boxes at the start of each chapter to quickly summarize important concepts covered in the text
Contains an invaluable Further Information chapter with resources to go to for further help and information

Millions of people throughout the world suffer from Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). Angina is a symptom of CHD, but the condition can ultimately lead to a heart attach - often fatal. Steps can be taken to help prevent CHD getting worse, thus reducing the risk of a heart attack. Many patients who have a heart attack die before reaching hospital. However, once in hospital, modern day treatment and intervention can improve the prognosis considerably, particularly if the patient presents within hours of the symptoms starting.

This book will help patients and their families understand what angina is, the causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment and how to manage and live with it. It provides the reader with the appropriate level of information that they will need to understand what a heart attack is and what to do in the event that someone suffers from one, including the recognition of the symptoms, ensuring early admission to hospital. Treatment, and on-going management and rehabilitation, is also described in detail.

Zielgruppe

Patients with angina and those who have had a heart attack, and their relatives and friends. It will also be of interest to GPs, specialist nurses, occupational therapists, medical students, student nurses, and staff at cardiac rehabilitation centres.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jevon, Phil

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Simone Waddison and Dionne Parsley: What is angina and what is a heart attack?
2: A. Hartland: What are the causes of ischaemic heart disease?
3: Phil Jevon: Symptoms of angina and a heart attack
4: Phil Jevon and Emma Simkiss: What are the investigations for angina?
5: Fraz Umar: Treatment for angina
6: Phil Jevon: Living with angina
7: Phil Jevon: Treatment of a heart attack
8: Phil Jevon: Cardiac rehabilitation: recovering from a heart attack
9: Phil Jevon: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
10: Phil Jevon: Further information on angina and heart attacks

Über Autor(innen)

Phil Jevon, Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK

Contributors:
Dr Andrew John Hartland, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, Walsall, UK
Dionne Parsley, Staff Nurse, Cardiology Ward, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, Walsall, UK
Emma Simkiss, Senior ECG Technician, Clinical Measurements Department, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, Walsall, UK
Dr Fraz Umar MD MRCP, SpR Cardiology Rotation, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, UK
Simone Waddison, Staff Nurse, Cardiology Ward, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, Walsall, UK

Consultant editors

Dr Jaumdally, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Al-Allaf, Consultant Cardiologist