Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clinical Practice

• Main Authors: Bavry, Anthony A. (Author), Bhatt, Deepak L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Cardiac Surgery.

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is an umbrella term used to describe a series of signs and symptoms indicative of myocardial ischemia, comprising unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clini...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Preface
• 2 Epidemiology – US, European, and global perspectives; unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
• 3 Diagnosis – symptoms, biomarkers, ECG
• 4 Risk stratification – TIMI risk score, GRACE risk score, CRUSADE/PURSUIT risk score
• 5 Medical therapy – antithrombotics, statins, etc
• 6 Percutaneous therapy – culprit vessel versus mulitvessel; BMS vs DES
• 7 Surgical therapy
• 8 Prognosis. - 9 Controversies – optimal antithrombotic strategy, fibrinolysis versus primary PCI for STEMI, preferred mode of revascularization (bare metal stents versus drug eluting stents versus CABG). - 10 Future approaches – CT angio and other evolving imaging modalities, biomarkers, proteomics, genomics, angiogenesis, myogenesis. Appendix A – Practice Guidelines – ACC/AHA and ESC
• Appendix B – Synopsis of Key Trials.