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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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Watson, Timothy J. (Editor), Ong, Paul JL (Editor), Tcheng, James E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Cardiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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