Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2nd Edition

Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Acute Coronary
Syndromes, Second Edition: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease
provides the tools and knowledge you need for effective diagnosis,
evaluation, and management of patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Concise and easy to use, this fully revised volume explores the most
recent tools for diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making, as well as
the full range of available management strategies, providing outcomes
data for each strategy. This book also includes regular updates with
late-breaking clinical trials, reviews of important new articles, and
the latest guidance on clinical practice, all selected and masterfully
edited by Dr.

Eugene Braunwald. Provides thorough discussions
of ECG, established and emerging biochemical markers, angiography,
nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and cardiac MRI and CTFeatures an
extensive treatment section that covers the latest drugs and most recent
clinical trials of antithrombotic therapy, novel anti-inflammatory
approaches, coronary revascularization, and approaches to reperfusion
injury and ventricular remodelingReflects the 2021 ACC/AHA Guidelines
for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain, and features increased
visual aids such as bulleted lists, graphs, tables, and algorithms
throughoutDiscusses special considerations for the evaluation of acute
coronary syndromes in the emergency department, and use of advanced
technologies in cardiac critical careCovers key topics such as
in-hospital complications, cardiogenic shock, transitions to
post-discharge care, and cardiac rehabilitationIncludes
practice-oriented material that highlights management-focused, practical
topics covering expert approaches for areas of uncertaintyOffers
guidance on the management of special populationsAn eBook version is
included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text,
figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your
content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.