Primary Angioplasty : A Practical Guide

Primary Angioplasty A Practical Guide

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This quick-reference handbook offers a concise and practical review of key aspects of the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the era of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). In the context of STEMI, PPCI...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Watson, Timothy J (Editor), Watson, Timothy J. editor (editor), Ong, Paul JL. editor, Tcheng, James E. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore Springer Nature 2018
Singapore : 2018.
Edición:1st ed. 2018.
Materias:
Cardiology.
Medicine
Cardiology
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429573806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Historical perspectives on management of acute myocardial infarction
  • Pre-hospital diagnosis and management of acute myocardial infarction
  • STEMI network and logistics – rural vs. urban
  • Cath lab design, staffing, training
  • Patient preparation and vascular access for primary PCI
  • Management of intra-coronary thrombus
  • Culprit only artery versus multi-vessel disease
  • Pharmacologic therapies in primary PCI – antiplatelet agents
  • Pharmacologic therapies in primary PCI – glycoproteins, heparins, bivalirudins, etc
  • Pharmacologic therapies in primary PCI – inotropes, etc
  • Drug-eluting stents vs. bare-metal stents in Primary PCI - Is there still a debate?
  • Drug-eluting balloons in primary PCI
  • High bleeding risk scenarios in primary PCI
  • Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction – free-wall rupture, VSD, acute MR
  • The role of mechanical circulatory support in primary PCI – IABP, ECMO, IMPELLA, LUCAS?
  • Methods of reducing infarct size and reperfusion injury in primary PCI
  • Time to reperfusion, door to balloon times, and how to reduce them
  • Utilization of facilitated and rescue angioplasty in primary PCI
  • Primary angioplasty: the economics
  • Role of bypass surgery in acute myocardial infarction: indications, timing, outcome
  • Role of intravascular imaging in emergency PCI
  • Patients ineligible for primary PCI .

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