Reperfusion Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Book

Series Introduction     iii
Preface     v
Contributors     ix
Background
Historical Milestones in Reperfusion Therapy for Myocardial Infarction   Eugene Braunwald     1
Pathophysiology of Myocardial Infarction   Sameer Amin   Prediman K. Shah     15
Successful Myocardial Reperfusion   Claudia P. Hochberg   C. Michael Gibson     29
Fibrinolytic Reperfusion
Infusion Fibrinolytic Therapy   Eric R. Bates     43
Bolus Fibrinolytic Therapy   Peter R. Sinnaeve   Frans J. Van de Werf     59
Treatment Opportunities with Fibrinolytic Therapy   Robert C. Welsh   Paul W. Armstrong     71
Catheter-based Reperfusion
Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention   Nestor Mercado   Simon R. Dixon   William W. O'Neill     91
Rescue PCI   Damian J. Kelly   Anthony H. Gershlick     119
Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction   E. Magnus Ohman   Mauricio G. Cohen     137
Primary PCI with Off-Site Cardiac Surgery Backup   Thomas P. Wharton     155
Interhospital Transfer for Primary PCI   Brahmajee K. Nallamothu     167
Adjunctive Therapy
Antiplatelet Agents   Farzin Beygui   Gilles Montalescot     177
Anticoagulant Agents   E. Marc Jolicoeur   Christopher B. Granger     195
Myocyte Protection by Pharmacological Therapy   David Faxon     233
Myocyte Protection by Device Therapy   Sanjeevan Pasupati   John G. Webb     249
Challenges and Opportunities
Optimal Strategies for Prehospital and Emergency Department Evaluation of Patients with STEMI   Judd E. Hollander     265
Management of Complications   Steven M. Hollenberg     281
Myocyte Regeneration   Eduardo I. de Oliveira   Stephen G. Ellis     301
The Future of Reperfusion Therapy   Elliott M. Antman     317
Appendix
Recommendations from the ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction     333
ESC STEMI Guidelines     377
Index     379