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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146125703321

Titolo

The AHA guidelines and scientific statements handbook [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Valentin Fuster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-00784-X

9786612007842

1-4443-0347-3

1-4443-0348-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FusterValentin

Disciplina

616.1/2

616.12

Soggetti

Heart - Diseases - Treatment

Cardiology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1: Chronic Stable Angina; 2: Unstable Angina /Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 3: ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 4: Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs; 5: Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease; 6: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; 7: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery; 8: Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery; 9: Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease; 10: Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile

11: Hypertension12: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women; 13: Heart Failure; 14: Cardiomyopathies; 15: Atrial Fibrillation; 16: Supraventricular Arrhythmias; 17: Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death; 18: Valvular Heart Disease; 19: Infective Endocarditis; 20: Cardiac CT Imaging; Appendix: Update on Coronary Artery BypassSurgery: Current and Future Trends; Other Statements Published in 2008; Index; COI Table

Sommario/riassunto

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing



key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association. This book outlines the key AHA guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have l