Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2nd ed.

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Table of Contents
SECTION 1: POPULATION-BASED PERSPECTIVES
The Past, the Present, the Future / Risk Factors Predicting Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction: The INTERHEART Study / Results from the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry / Historical Perspective and Lessons Learned from the Euro Heary Surveys on Acute Coronary Syndromes / Acute Coronary Syndrome in North America
SECTION 2: DISEASE-BASED PERSPECTIVES
Pathogenesis of Stable and Acute Coronary Syndromes / Molecular Mechanisms of the Acute Coronary Syndromes: The Roles of Inflammation and Immunity / Immune System in Acute Coronary Syndrome / Myocardial Cell Death and Regeneration / Pharmacogenomics
SECTION 3: PATIENT-BASED PERSPECTIVES, DIAGNOSIS, AND RISK STRATIFICATION
Clinical Recognition of Acute Coronary Syndromes / Biomarkers in Acute Ischemic Heart Disease / Prognostic RIsk Stratification After Acute Coronary Syndromes: The Role of Noninvasive Testing / Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndromes / Nuclear Cardiology Techniques in Acute Coronary Syndromes / Multislice Computed Tomography in Acute Coronary Syndromes / Emerging Diagnostic Procedures for the Vulnerable Plaque
SECTION 4: MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Treatment Principles and Emerging Therapies in Acute Coronary Syndromes Without ST-Segment Elevation / Antiplatelet Therapy / Nonresponsiveness to Antiplatelet Therapy / Anticoagulants / Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Ranolazine, Nitrates, and Nitric Oxide Donors: Use in Acute Cornary Syndromes / Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels, Adenosine, and Preconditioning / Inflammation and Immunity as Targets for Drug Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome / Plaque Passivation and Endothelial Therapy...etc.
SECTION 5: A STRUCTURE BASED PERSPECTIVE OF THE MODERN CCU AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES
Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: European Society of Cardiology Guidelines / ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction - A Summary Article / The Modern Cardiac Care Unit
Index