Long-Term Management of Patients After Myocardial Infarction [Paperback]

1. Introduction: Long-Term Management of Patients After Myocardial Infarction.- I. Patterns Of Coronary Artery Disease And Survival.- 2. Changing Patterns in the Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease: Trends in Survival After Myocardial Infarction.- 3. Trends in Pre-Hospital Mortality.- 4. Hospital and Post-Hospital Mortality After Myocardial Infarction.- II. Assessment Of Function.- 5. Physiological Response to Exercise.- 6. Assessment of Ventricular Function in Man.- 7. Stress Testing After Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 8. Coronary Angiography After Myocardial Infarction.- 9. Exercise Echocardiography After Myocardial Infarction.- III. Therapeutic Options.- 10. Beta Adrenoreceptor Blocking Drugs in Patients Who Have Suffered Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 11. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty After Myocardial Infarction.- 12. Current Role of Surgery in Long Term Management of Patients After Myocardial Infarction.- 13. Psychological Aspects of the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction.- 14. Management of Risk Factors.- 15. Benefits of Exercise: Effect on Mortality and Physiological Function.- IV. Future Trends.- 16. Calcium Channel Blockers and Ischemia: A Review.- 17. Receptors in the Regulation of Lipoprotein Metabolism.- 18. Thromboxane and Prostacyclin in Platelet/Blood Vessel Interaction: A Commentary.Springer Book Archives