Full Description
Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Designed for quick, easy use in emergency situations, this concise coronary care manual focuses on the diagnosis and management of acute cardiac conditions. The authors succinctly summarize the evidence-based strategies and successful diagnostic and therapeutic modalities used at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. Chapters are written in outline format with short narratives to explain the diagnostic or management decisions. Bulleted lists, sidebars, figures, tables, and algorithms help readers grasp key information at a glance.
Contents
SECTION I APPROACH TO CARDIAC CARE UNIT PATIENTApproach to the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)PatientAcute ST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionNon-ST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionMechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial InfarctionRight-Ventricular InfarctionPost-Coronary Intervention ManagementSECTION III ACUTE DECOMPENSATED VALVULAR HEART DISEASEDecompensated Aortic StenosisAcute Aortic InsufficiencyMitral StenosisMitral RegurgitationTricuspid Valve DiseaseInfective EndocarditisProsthetic Valve DiseaseNarrow Complex TachycardiaWide Complex TachycardiaBradyarrhythmiasAcute Aortic SyndromesPericardial TamponadeConstrictive PericarditisIschemic and Non-Ischemic CardiomyopathyRight Ventricular FailurePulmonary HypertensionHypertrophic CardiomyopathyMechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac TransplantationSECTION VII PROCEDURESManagement of the Acutely Decompensated Cardiac Transplant PatientRight Heart CatheterizationTemporary Transvenous PacingPericardiocentesisCardioversionSECTION VIII MISCELLANEOUSIntraaortic Balloon CounterpulsationVentilator Management in the Cardiac Care UnitSedation and Analgesia in the Coronary Intensive Care UnitNutrition in the Coronary Care UnitEthics in the Coronary Care UnitRuptured Papillary Muscle with Acute Mitral RegurgitationFulminant EBV MyocarditisGiant Cell Myocarditis in a Bone Marrow Transplant RecipientRight Ventricular InfarctionHeparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in a Cardiac PatientPostpartum CardiomyopathyIndex
