Current Issues In Cardiology: Management Strategies - Softcover

 
9780727910103: Current Issues In Cardiology: Management Strategies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0727910108 ISBN 13: 9780727910103
Publisher: BMJ Books, 1997

Synopsis

This up to date text discussed the controversial aspects of treatment in specific cardiological conditions and suggests suitable approaches based on the latest thinking. Highly renowned specialists cover a wide range of cardiovascular problems including acute infarction, anticoagulation, hyperlipidaemia, mild hypertension, Atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and management of patients following cardiac surgery or intervention.

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About the Author

Jean R. McEwan is the author of Current Issues In Cardiology: Management Strategies, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Management of cardiac conditions is a rapidly changing field, with major research altering many of the accepted tenets of practice. The best current practice reflects the evidence of the international trials and its interpretation by experienced and respected workers.

This book, written by leading specialists, addresses ten of the currently most discussed conditions and their management, including:


  • anticoagulation and heart disease.

  • antiplatelet therapy.

  • management strategies in atrial fibrillation.

  • drug therapy in acute myocardial infarction.

  • heart failure.

  • hypertension: the influence of age and pressure on treatment options.

  • management of the post procedure patient.

  • implementing management protocols for cardiovascular diseases.

  • treatment of hyperlipidaemia in the absence and presence of asymptomatic coronary heart disease.

  • assessment and treatment of cardiovascular risk and disease in women.

Cardiologists and general physicians will find these concise, practical chapters of lasting value as a reference to the management of a wide variety of the most common heart conditions.

From the Inside Flap

Management of cardiac conditions is a rapidly changing field, with major research altering many of the accepted tenets of practice. The best current practice reflects the evidence of the international trials and its interpretation by experienced and respected workers.

This book, written by leading specialists, addresses ten of the currently most discussed conditions and their management, including:


  • anticoagulation and heart disease.

  • antiplatelet therapy.

  • management strategies in atrial fibrillation.

  • drug therapy in acute myocardial infarction.

  • heart failure.

  • hypertension: the influence of age and pressure on treatment options.

  • management of the post procedure patient.

  • implementing management protocols for cardiovascular diseases.

  • treatment of hyperlipidaemia in the absence and presence of asymptomatic coronary heart disease.

  • assessment and treatment of cardiovascular risk and disease in women.

Cardiologists and general physicians will find these concise, practical chapters of lasting value as a reference to the management of a wide variety of the most common heart conditions.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
BMJ Books
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0727910108
ISBN 13 
9780727910103
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
250
Editor
McEwan Jean R.