Cardiac Intensive Care is designed to address the broad clinical spectrum of cardiac diseases encountered since the transformation of single disease coronary care units into multi-disease cardiac intensive care units. This new resource features practical,comprehensive guidance on the broad spectrum of diseases and disorders. Readers will find a section on procedures relevant to patients in a cardiac intensive care unit, assisting the practitioner in selection of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Introduction. Scientific Foundation of Cardiac Intensive Care. Coronary Artery Disease. Acute Myocardial Infarction. Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Management of Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Unstable Angina. Coronary Artery Spasm. Complications of Interventional Procedures. Non-Coronary Diseases in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit: Diagnosis and Management. Pharmacologic Agents in the CICU. Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques in the CICU: Indications and Technical Considerations.