Long-Term Management of Patients After Myocardial Infarction

Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben von	C. Tissa Kappagoda
Herausgegeben von	P.V. Greenwood

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.