Main description:

Benefit from this concise yet comprehensive manual, designed to improve the practice and process of STEMI interventions * Understand the varied pharmacological options available in managing STEMI patients, including newer anti-coagulants * Improve your STEMI procedure technique through expert guidance, including stent choice, and other techniques such as trans radial procedures * Provides an overview of STEMI networks internationally and how to set up a STEMI program * Reviews future perspectives for STEMI and the role of telemedicine for STEMI procedures

Contents:

Preface Sameer Mehta MD Section A Guidelines, Thrombolytic Therapy, Pharmacology Chapter 1 Synopsis of Recent Clinical Trials Sameer Mehta MD Chapter 2 ESC and ACC STEMI Guidelines Sameer Mehta MD, Estefania Oliveros MD Chapter 3 Role of Thrombolytic Therapy in the Era of STEMI Interventions Cindy Grines MD Chapter 4 Anti Coagulants in STEMI Interventions Andreas Baumbach MD Chapter 5 Newer Oral and Intravenous ADP Blockers in STEMI Interventions James Ferguson MD Section B The STEMI Procedure Chapter 6 LV Physiology and the Role of Acute Circulatory Support in STEMI Navin K Kapur MD Chapter 7 Thrombus Management in STEMI Interventions Sameer Mehta MD Chapter 8 Trans Radial Techniques to Improve STEMI Outcomes Tejas Patel MD Chapter 9 Management of Cardiogenic Shock Holger Thiele MD Chapter 10 Present Role of Thrombectomy in STEMI Interventions Antonio Colombo MD, Azeem Latib MD Chapter 11 Choice of Stents in STEMI Interventions Roopa Salwan MD Chapter 12 Illustrated STEMI Procedures (I) Sameer Mehta MD Chapter 13 Illustrated STEMI Procedures (II) Sameer Mehta MD Chapter 14 Illustrated STEMI Procedures (III) Sameer Mehta MD Chapter 15 Remote Ischemic Conditioning for AMI Hans Erik Botker MD Section C The STEMI Process Chapter 16 Reducing D2B Times Michel Le May MD Chapter 17 Pre Hospital Triage & Management Ivan Rokos MD Chapter 18 Creating Networks for Optimal STEMI Management Timothy Henry MD Chapter 19 Pharmaco Invasive Management for AMI Care Neeraj Bhalla MD Section D Global STEMI Initiatives Chapter 20 Stent for Life The European Perspective on STEMI Interventions Sasko Kedev MD Chapter 21 Urban Pharmaco Invasive Management as Antidote to Traffic in Large Metropolitan Cities David Iosseliani MD Chapter 22 PRINCE Creating a Nationwide STEMI Program Orlando Rodriguez Villa MD Chapter 23 The Chinese National STEMI Program Yong Huo MD Chapter 24 - STEMI India Thomas Alexander MD Chapter 25 Role of Telemedicine in STEMI Interventions Sameer Mehta MD, Roberto Botelho MD Chapter 26 Innovative Telemedicine STEMI Protocols Sameer Mehta MD Section E Future Perspectives Chapter 27 STEMI Interventions, Beyond the Culprit Lesion Antonio Colombo MD, Azeem Latib MD Chapter 28 Promising Technologies for STEMI Interventions Tan Huay Cheem MD