Thrombolytic Therapy
Published on 9. June 1999
Book
Hardback
357 pages
978-0-87993-426-2 (ISBN)
Description
Understandings about acute myocardial infarction since the beginning of the 20th century have forged the therapeutic science of coronary thrombolysis. Breakthroughs in the sixties and eighties respectively in coronary care and thrombolytic reperfusion of occluded coronary arteries have also contributed to reduced mortality from once-fatal cardiac conditions. This exploration of thrombolytic therapy begins with its state in man in the 1950s, and continues through contemporary therapeutic departures, exploration of intracoronary instillation of fibrinolytic agents, and descriptions of the multicenter trials in ensuing decades. Seventeen chapters chronicle the pioneering investigation of prehospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy; early-hour use of aspirin, intravenous streptokinase, thrombolytic and mechanic reperfusion, and primary angioplasty. Cardiology and haematology, combined with clinical evidence contribute to this testimony of full myocardial reperfusion in occluded arteries and early intervention.
Cardiologists, physicians, and radiologists, as well as clinicians, concerned with aspects of thrombolysis are poised to benefit from the underlying principles described herein, as they provide thegroundwork for the treatment of myocardial infarction in the next century.
Cardiologists, physicians, and radiologists, as well as clinicians, concerned with aspects of thrombolysis are poised to benefit from the underlying principles described herein, as they provide thegroundwork for the treatment of myocardial infarction in the next century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1161 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87993-426-2 (9780879934262)
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Content
Preface: Eugene BraunwaldForeword: Gerald C. Timmis Chapter 1: Development and Pathophysiologic Basis of Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Parts I-IVPeter Rentrop Chapter 2: Trials of the European Working Party on Streptokinase and of the European Cooperative Study Group on Alteplase in Patients with Acute Myocardial InfarctionMarc Verstraete for the European Investigators Chapter 3: Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction: The German ExperienceKarl-L. Neuhaus, Rainer Von Essen, Ulrich Tebbe, and Rolf Schroder Chapter 4: The Western Washington and Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trials of Thrombolytic Therapy: 15 Years of Collaboration in the Pacific NorthwestCharles Maynard, Nathan R. Every, Jenny S. Martin, Alfred P. Hallstrom, J.Ward Kennedy, and W. Douglas Weaver Chapter 5: Trials of Thrombolytic Therapy: the International Studies of Infarct Survival ExperienceCharles H. Hennekens Chapter 6: The GISSI Story (1983-1996): A Comprehensive ReviewGianni Tognoni, Claudio Fresco, Aldo P. Maggioni, and Pabio M. Turazza, on behalf of the GISSI Investigators Chapter 7: A Review of Thrombolysis Mortality Trials: ISAM to ASSETRolf Schroder Chapter 8: The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Trials: the First DecadeChristopher P. Cannon, Eugene Braunwald, Carolyn H. McCabe, and Elliott M. Antman, for the TIMI Investigators Chapter 9: The Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Trials: A Decade of Reperfusion StrategiesGregory W. Barsness, E. Magnus Ohman, Robert M. Califf, Dean J. Kereiakes, Barry S. George, and Eric J. Topol Chapter 10: The TEAM Studies: A ReviewJeffrey L. Anderson and Sanjeev Trehan Chapter 11: The GUSTO TrialsChristopher B. Granger and Robert M. Califf Chapter 12: Prehospital Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction Salvages MyocardiumMervyn S. Gotsman, A. Teddy Weiss, Yoseph Rosenman, Chaim Lotan, Doron Zahger, and Morris Mosseri Chapter 13: Left Ventricular Function Following Thrombolytic Therapy for Myocardial InfarctionJohn K. French, Thomas A. Hyde, and Harvey D. White Chapter 14: New Thrombolytic AgentsAllan M. Ross Chapter 15: New Thrombolytics, Adjunctive Therapies and Mechanical Interventions for Acute Ischemic Syndromes: A Current PerspectiveGeorge P. Hanna and Richard W. Smalling Chapter 16: The Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Studies: An OverviewCindy L. Grines, Gregg W. Stone, and William W. O'Neill Chapter 17: The Restoration of Coronary Blood Flow in Acute Myocardial InfarctionGerald C. Timmis and Steven B.H. Timmis