Angina [[electronic resource] ] : An Atlas of Investigation and Management

• Autore: Sarembock IJ
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (106 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.122
• Soggetto topico: Angina pectoris -- Alternative treatment -- Evaluation; Angina pectoris -- Case studies; Angina pectoris
• Persona (resp. second.): El-AhdabF. M; IsbellD
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Angina pectoris: epidemiology, natural history, and pathophysiology; Chapter 2: Angina pectoris: clinical evaluation; Chapter 3: Noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease; Chapter 4: Coronary angiography and ancillary techniques for the invasive assessment of angina pectoris; Chapter 5: Nonatherosclerotic causes of angina pectoris and ischemia; Chapter 6: An approach to the management of chronic angina; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Angina is most commonly associated with myocardial ischemia, but may also be symptomatic of valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or uncontrolled high blood pressure. While chronic or stable angina is predictable and relatively easy to manage, it is the sudden and unexpected onset of symptoms in patients with unstable angina that represents the most significant challenge to the clinician, being a risk indicator for acute MI, severe cardiac arrhythmia or even cardiac arrest. Since chest pain can also indicate a number of other less critical conditions, it is important that the cli
• Titolo autorizzato: Angina
• ISBN: 1-282-29309-5; 9786612293092; 1-84692-569-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996339089103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Atlas