The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook
1. Auflage Dezember 2008
408 Seiten, Hardcover
Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk
Kurzbeschreibung
Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and their European counterparts. This book outlines all the AHA/ACC guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have links through to the full guidelines and statements.
Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association. This book outlines the key AHA guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have links through to the full guidelines and statements.
Preface.
1 Chronic Stable Angina.
2 Unstable Angina/Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
3 STEMI.
4 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs.
5 Secondary Prevention for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.
6 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
7 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
8 Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery.
9 Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease.
10 Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile.
11 Hypertension.
12 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women.
13 Heart Failure.
14 Cardiomyopathies.
15 Atrial Fibrillation.
16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias.
17 Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.
18 Valvular Heart Disease.
19 Infective Endocarditis.
20 Cardiac CT Imaging.
Appendix.
Other Statements Published in 2008.
Index.
COI Table