Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Avanzas, Pablo (Editor), Clemmensen, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Current Cardiovascular Therapy
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Medicine.; Cardiology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book updates clinicians on the most recent data regarding the medical management of patients of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), providing useful information and expert opinion on the large trials, international guidelines, and clinical practice. It reinforces the need for rapid intervention with...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Anti-ischemic Therapy
• Antiaggregant Therapy: New potent P2Y12 inhibitors
• Anticoagulation Therapy: Heparins and Factor Xa inhibitors
• Secondary prevention in ACS The role of novel oral anticoagulants
• American vs European guidelines
• Critical appraisal
• Triple therapy: Risky but sometimes necessary
• Management of bleeding complications.