Cardiogenic shock

This book is part of the AHA Clinical Series published in conjunction with the American Heart Association in order to focus on high-interest and emerging topics in cardiovascular disease targeted for cardiologists and other interested healthcare providers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hochman, Judith S. , 1951- (Author), Ohman, Magnus (Author)
Corporate Author: American Heart Association
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell , c2009
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Diagnosis, epidemiology, and risk factors
  • 2. Pathophysiology
  • 3. General management : pharmacotherapy and mechanical ventilation
  • 4. Left ventricular pump failure : gemera; considerations for management
  • 5. Pathophysiology and management of shock due to right heart ischemia
  • 6. Ventricular septal rupture and tamponade
  • 7. Valvular heart disease in cardiogenic shock
  • 8. Cardiogenic shock in other heart diseases: acute decompensation of chronic heart failure, myocarditis, transient apical ballooning syndrome, peripartum cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathies, and thyrotoxicosis
  • 9. The role for mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock
  • 10. Percutaneous coronary intervention for cardiogenic shock
  • 11. Cornary arterty bypass grafting