Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer Netherland
Buchreihe	:	Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (Bd. 170)
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	30. 11. 1995
Seiten	:	430
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
Gewicht	:	1780 g
ISBN	:	9780792336051
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

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One: Epidemiology.- 1. Magnitude of cardiovascular disease: impact and prevention in populations.- 2. Secular trends and declining mortality rates from coronary heart disease in the United States.- 3. Orcadian variation in the incidence of transient myocardial ischemia.- 4. Orcadian variation in the onset of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death.- 5. Triggering of myocardial infarction by physical activity, emotional stress and sexual activity.- 6. Physical activity, time of awakening, and other possible triggers of sudden cardiac death.- 7. Subacute psychobiological factors predisposing to triggering of coronary syndromes.- Two: Physiology.- 8. The genetic contribution to the onset of acute coronary heart disease.- 9. Hemostatic risk factors for cardiovascular disease.- 10. The imbalance of coagulation and fibrinolysis in coronary heart disease and its relation to traditional risk factors.- 11. Mechanisms contributing to the abrupt conversion from stable to unstable angina and myocardial infarction.- 12. Circadian fluctuation of fibrinolytic factors in blood. Investigation, importance and clinical consequences.- 13. The role of thrombosis in acute coronary heart disease.- 14. The role of coronary vasomotor tone in coronary artery disease.- Three: Pathology.- 15. Models of the intracoronary pathogenesis of acute coronary heart disease.- 16. Some thoughts on the causes of coronary thrombosis in atherosclerotic arteries and on the research necessary for their future exploration.- 17. Determinants of rupture of atherosclerotic coronary lesions.- Four: Prevention.- 18. Primary prevention of triggering of coronary heart disease.- 19. Chronopharmacological aspects of coronary heart disease.- 20. Prehospital care of acute coronary heart disease.- 21. Pharmacological and invasive therapy for acute myocardial infarction.- 22. The role of electrophysiology and pharmacotherapy in prevention of factors triggering sudden cardiac death.- 23. Secondary prevention of myocardial infarction: the roles of ?-adrenergic blockers, calcium-channel blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and aspirin.- 24. Gene therapy for the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque.

Pressestimmen

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` ... concise and well written. References are up-to-date. ... can be recommended to all clinicians involved in the care of the acute coronary patient.' Cardiologie, 3 (1996)

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