1st Edition

Scientific Basis of Healthcare Angina

Edited By Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy Copyright 2012
    200 Pages 12 Color & 21 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Practice and Procedures are continually changing with a corresponding improvement in healthcare. Concomitantly, the demand for comprehensive and focused evidenced-based text and scientific literature covering single areas of nursing and healthcare science or treatment has also increased. The volume on Angina covers, inter alia, epidemiology of angina, coronary plaque rupture, angina questionnaires,American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for nursing care, non-invasive coronary angiography, drugs used in angina, thrombin inhibitors, and external counterpulsation therapy.

    Epidemiology of Angina, John F. Beltrame
    Chest Pain: Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Causes, Geraldine Lee
    Coronary Plaque Rupture in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome, Toshio Imanishi
    The Use and Application of Angina Questionnaires, N.B. Hassan and M.T. Hassan
    American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Overview of Guidelines for Care Before, During, and After STEMI, R.S. Loomba and R.R. Arora
    Non-Invasive Coronary Angiography with Cardiac CT in Patients with Angina Pectoris, Christof Burgstahler,
    Harald Brodoefel and Stephen Schroeder
    Drugs Used in Angina: An Overview, Mario Marzilli and A. Huqi
    Current Clinical Application of Direct Thrombin Inhibitors in Angina Pectoris, Bernardo Cortese and Marco Centola
    Anti-Anginal Drugs in Focus:Trimetazidine, Mario Marzilli and A. Huqi
    Enhanced External Counterpulsation Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease Management, Ozlem Soran and Debra L. Braverman

    Biography

    Martin, Colin R.; Preedy, Victor R.