Full Description
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the term that describes what happens when the heart's blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries (NHS Choices).
This book presents the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease. Beginning with discussion on the risk factors of CHD, emphasis is then placed on the importance of history and physical examination in the evaluation of a patient with chest pain.
The following chapters examine the diagnosis and management of different variants of CHD, with a final section on surgical therapy.
Written by internationally recognised specialists from the University of Iowa, this practical guide includes nearly 120 images and illustrations.
Key points
Practical guide to most recent advances in diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease (CHD)
Emphasis on importance of history and physical examination in patient with chest pain
Covers different variants of CHD
Internationally recognised author team from University of Iowa
Contents
Coronary Heart Disease: Risk Factors
Changing Focus in Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
Evaluation of Chest Pain
Acute Coronary Syndrome I (Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction): Diagnosis and Early Treatment
Acute Coronary Syndrome II (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Post Myocardial Infarction): Complications and Care
Management of Patients with Chronic Coronary Artery Disease and Stable Angina
Variant Angina
Cardiogenic Shock in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Right Ventricular Infarction
Surgical Therapy in Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
