Treatment of heart diseases /
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| Imprint: | New York : Gower Medical Pub., 1992. |
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| Description: | xiii, 1 v. (various pagings) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1624876 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Medical Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease / James T. Willerson. Coronary Artery Disease Syndromes. Treating the Patient with Stable Angina. Treating the Patient with Unstable Angina. Treating Patients with Coronary Arterial Spasm (Variant or Prinzmetal's Angina). Treating Patients with Acute Q-wave Myocardial Infarcts. Thrombolytic Agents. Treating Patients with Non-Q-wave Infarcts. General Therapy of Acute Myocardial. Infarcts. Therapy of Specific Complications Related to Acute Myocardial Infarction
- 2. Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure / Milton Packer. The Clinical Syndrome of Heart Failure. Approach to the Patient with Heart Failure. Pathophysiologic Abnormalities of Heart Failure. Treatment of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Pharmacologic Treatment of Stable Heart Failure. Pharmacologic Treatment of Unstable Heart Failure. Treatment of Heart Failure Systolic Function. Valvular Heart Disease. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
- 3. Treatment of Arrhythmias and Abnormalities in Conduction / Douglas P. Zipes. History. Anatomy. Cardiac Electrophysiology. Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenesis. Approach to the Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Pharmacologic Therapy. Nonpharmacologic Therapy. Evaluation of the Patient with a Cardiac Arrhythmia. General Approaches to Therapy. Individual Cardiac Arrhythmias. Antiarrhythmic Options in the Future
- 4. Etiologies and Treatment of Hyperlipidemia / Scott M. Grundy. Lipid Metabolism. Lipoprotein Metabolism. Role of Lipoproteins in Atherogenesis. Rationale for Therapy of Dyslipidemia. Workup of Patient with Dyslipidemia. Dietary Therapy. Drug Therapy. Management of Dyslipidemia
- 5. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Newer Treatments for Coronary Heart Disease / Donald S. Baim. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. New Technologies. Treatment of Valvular Stenosis. Other Interventional Catheterization Techniques
- 6. Surgical Treatment of Heart Diseases / O. Howard Frazier, Michael S. Sweeney, Branislav Radovancevic and Denton A. Cooley. Coronary Artery Surgery. Myocardial Preservation. Operative Procedure. Clinical Results. Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease. Indications for Operation. Operative Strategy. Postoperative Management. Valve Selection. Conclusions and Future Trends. Circulatory Support Devices. Advanced Ventricular Assistance. Cardiac Transplantation. Conventional Immunosuppression: The Clinical Phase. Donors. Recipient Selection. Management of Patients Awaiting Transplantation. Surgical Technique. Early Postoperative Management. Myocardial Rejection. Infections. Coronary Artery Disease. Prognosis. Future Trends
- 7. Etiologies and Treatment of Systemic Arterial Hypertension / Norman M. Kaplan. Diagnosis of Hypertension. Mechanisms of Hypertension. General Principles of Therapy. Nondrug Therapy. Antihypertensive Drug Therapy. Special Considerations. Therapy for Hypertensive Crises. Future Directions for the Management of Hypertension.
