Main description:

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a growing global menace with patients increasing in developing countries where tobacco and food play a major role. Its treatment guidelines and research results have proliferated in academia, but practical applications lag behind that research. This book addresses this void. Guidelines for treatment of ACS present in-depth reading for practicing cardiologists, thus preventing clinical application. The book aims to appraise readers of real-world situations and suggestions to help them acquire up-to-date knowledge on ACS and its effective diagnosis, prognosis and management.

Key Features

Covers recent advances in ACS management and pharmacotherapy

Discusses the guidelines for treatment of ACS for the professional cardiologist to apply to clinical practice

Explores the topics with the help of case scenarios

Follows a concise, yet comprehensive approach

Features a chapter on 'When to Transfer,' which discusses how to spot unstable patients or those heading towards shock

Contents:

Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes in India

Chapter 2 Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 3 Current Outcomes and Outcome Measures in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 4 Clinical Syndromes in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Angina and Its Equivalents

Chapter 5 ECG Spectrum in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 6 Arrhythmias in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 7 Intravascular Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 8 Cardiac Biomarkers in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 9 Risk Stratification in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Chapter 10 Initial Therapy and When to Transfer at Non-PCI Centres

Chapter 11 Anti-Platelet Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome: What Is Current and New?

Chapter 12 Current Status of Fibrinolytic Therapy

Chapter 13 Anti-Coagulation in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 14 Contentious Issues in Primary Angioplasty: Deferred Stenting, Manual Thrombectomy, Culprit versus Complete Revascularisation, Microvasculature in ACS

Chapter 15 PCI Post-Thrombolysis: When and for Whom?

Chapter 16 PCI in Unstable Angina and NSTEMI

Chapter 17 Bleeding in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 18 Statins in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 19 Intravenous Anti-Platelet Therapy - GP IIb/IIIa Blockers and Cangrelor: What Has Changed Recently?

Chapter 20 CABG in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter 21 Acute Coronary Syndrome with Haemodynamic Instability

Chapter 22 Acute Coronary Syndrome in Special Populations: Women, the Elderly, Chronic Kidney Disease and the Young

Chapter 23 Short-Term Rehabilitation after an Acute Coronary Event

Chapter 24 Acute Coronary Syndrome: Case-Based Scenarios

Chapter 25 Quality Improvement Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome Care in India

Chapter 26 Primary Angioplasty: Basic Principles

Chapter 27 Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Acute Phase in India: Relevance of Western Guidelines