Coronary care / William E. Boden

Pathophysioniolgy of myocardial ischemia and the corornary circulation.-- Prehospital coronary care.-- Initial hospital care.-- The CCU environment, the patient, and the nurse.-- CCU orders.-- CCU diet and activity.-- The diagnosis of myocardial infarction.-- The diagnosis of unstable angina.-- Echocardiography and radionuclide imaging in myocardial infarction diagnosis.-- Prognosis in myocardial infarction.-- Invasive monitoring and procedures in the CCU.-- Flow directed ballon tipped pulmonary artery catheters; intraarterial blood pressure measurements.-- Temporary transvenous cardiac pacemakers.-- Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation.-- CCU tretament of myocardial infaction, angina pectoris, and theis complications.-- Arrythmias in acute myocordial infarction: recognition and management.-- Medical management of acute myocardial infarction.-- Medical treatment of unstable angina and primzmetal variant angina.-- Hypertension complicating acute myocardial infarction.-- Left ventricular failure complicating myocardial infarction.-- The myocardial infarction shock syndrome.-- Acute mitral regurgitation shock syndrome.-- Acute mitral recugitation and rupture of the interventricular septum.-- Miscellaneous complications postmyocardial infarction.-- Postinfarction angina.-- Salvage of ischemic myocardium and limitation of infarct size.-- Anticoagulants, antiplatelec agents, and beta-blockers in acute ischemic heart disease.