Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction Second Edition /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tcheng, James E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Angiography.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Angiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-497-5

The emergency treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-one of the leading causes of death throughout the world-with immediate cardiac cathterization and percutaneous coronary intervention, or primary angioplasty, is now considered the optimal approach to this deadly disorder. In Primary Angiop...

Table of Contents:

• Overview, Rationale and Lexicon: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Comparison of Reperfusion Strategies for ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: Primary Coronary Intervention versus Fibrinolysis
• Operator and Site Requirements for Primary Coronary Intervention
• Primary Coronary Intervention: The Technical Approach
• Primary Coronary Intervention in Community Hospitals with Off-Site Cardiac Surgery Backup: Rationale and Steps to Quality
• Reducing System and Process Barriers: The RACE to Improve Door to Balloon Performance
• Rescue Coronary Intervention for Failed Thrombolysis
• Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• Therapies Targeted at Preserving Microvascular Integrity and Preventing Reperfusion Injury
• Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade in Primary Coronary Intervention
• Cell Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Health Economics of Primary PCI.