Chest Pain Units, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics
By Michael H. Crawford, MD, FACC, Ezra A. Amsterdam, MD and J. Douglas Kirk, MD, FACEP
240 pp.,
Copyright 2005
ISBN:1416027017
Contents:
1. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Risk Stratification and Initial Management (Cannon) 2. Missed Diagnoses of Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Emergency Department (Selker) 3. Chest Pain Unit Concept: Rationale and Diagnostic Strategies (Gibler) 4. Markers of Cardiac Injury (Jaffe) 5. Markers of Cardiac Ischemia and Inflammation (Newby) 6. Treadmill Exercise Testing in Low Risk Patients in Chest Pain Units (Amsterdam) 7. The Role of Myocardial Scintigraphy in Chest Pain Units (Kontos) 8. Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Patients in Chest Pain Units (Lewis) 9. Newer Imaging Methods for Triaging Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain (McCord) 10. Cost-Effectiveness of Chest Pain Units (Sieck) 11. Management of Special Populations in Chest Pain Units (Diercks) 12. Recognition and Management of the Patient with Chest Pain and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease (Lerman) 13. Management of Heart Failure in the Emergency Department Observation Unit (Peacock) 14. Untitled (Selker)