Cardiovascular Emergencies

Description

A concise, authoritative reference on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular problems, the most common problems patient present in the Emergency Department. Written by and for emergency medicine physicians this evidence based book features, algorithms, Treatment summary boxes, and a “What’s on the Horizon” section in each chapter.

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Published Algorithms
Resuscitation
Cardiac arrest
Cardiogenic shock
Basic electrophysiology
AMI and ACS
Demographics and Economics
Pathophysiology
Risk Stratification
Diagnostic serum markers
Cardiac ultrasound
Diagnostic EKG technology
Basic MI therapy
Thrombolytics
Antiplatelet agents
Combination therapy
Invasive therapy
Chest pain centers for AMI rule out
Stress testing
Future diagnostics: EBCT, MRI
EMS prehospital lytics
Arrhytmias
Ventricular arrhythmias
Atrial arrhythmias
Atrial and ventricular blocks
Pacemakers and AICD
EMS defibrillation
Heart Failure
Demographics and economics
Pathophysiology and prognosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
OU management
Mechanical and invasive management of heart failure
Future diagnostics
Echocardiography
Acute pulmonary edema
Heart Disease
Valvular heart disease
Pericarditis
Myocarditis
Aortic diseases
Pediatric heart disease
Cardiac toxicology
Hypertensive emergencies