Overview, Rationale and Lexicon: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Comparison of Reperfusion Strategies for ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: Primary Coronary Intervention versus Fibrinolysis.- Operator and Site Requirements for Primary Coronary Intervention.- Primary Coronary Intervention: The Technical Approach.- Primary Coronary Intervention in Community Hospitals with Off-Site Cardiac Surgery Backup: Rationale and Steps to Quality.- Reducing System and Process Barriers: The RACE to Improve Door to Balloon Performance.- Rescue Coronary Intervention for Failed Thrombolysis.- Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Therapies Targeted at Preserving Microvascular Integrity and Preventing Reperfusion Injury.- Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade in Primary Coronary Intervention.- Cell Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Health Economics of Primary PCI.
EAN/ISBN : 9781603274975
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Humana Press
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Tcheng, James E.