Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism (eBook)

Stavros V. Konstantinides (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XII, 271 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59745-287-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This practical volume highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The contributors comprise an international team of experts. Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Emphasis is placed on specific issues related to PE, including pregnancy, cancer, thrombophilia, and air travel.

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Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The contributors comprise an international team of experts, who have each made noteworthy contributions in this exciting field. Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Emphasis is placed on specific issues related to PE, including pregnancy, cancer, thrombophilia, and air travel. The authors critically review and interpret available data, and provide clear recommendations for diagnosis and therapeutic concerns in clinical management of PE patients.Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism is organized in three precise sections - diagnosis, treatment, and special topics. Each section is up-to-date and detailed, and provides clear recommendations for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with PE in clinical practice. This practical volume is an essential starting point for future study for both medical students and established investigators.

Inhalt

FOREWORD 6
PREFACE 8
CONTENTS 10
CONTRIBUTORS 12
I DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM 14
1 Clinical Probability and D- Dimer Testing 15
2 Imaging of Acute Pulmonary Embolism 30
3 The Search for Deep Vein Thrombosis 53
4 Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Embolism 66
5 Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diagnostic Workup of Pulmonary Embolism 78
6 Importance of a Patent Foramen Ovale 88
7 Contemporary Diagnostic Algorithm for the Hemodynamically Stable Patient With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism 99
8 Contemporary Diagnostic Algorithm for the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient With Suspected Massive Pulmonary Embolism 112
II TREATMENT AND SECONDARY PROPHYLAXIS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM 116
9 Heparin Anticoagulation 117
10 Thrombolysis 131
11 Management of the Patient With Fulminant Pulmonary Embolism Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 143
12 Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy 153
13 Interventional Approaches to the Treatment of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism 167
14 Vitamin K Antagonists and Novel Oral Anticoagulants 181
III SPECIFIC ASPECTS 191
15 Hereditary and Acquired Thrombophilia 192
16 Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer 204
17 Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy 217
18 Venous Thromboembolism in the Era of Air Travel 238
19 Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension 244
INDEX 267

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Cardiology
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Cardiology
• Vorwort: S.Z. Goldhaber
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 271 p. 63 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
• Schlagworte: Atmen • embolism • Hypertension • Pulmonary embolism • thrombosis
• ISBN-10: 1-59745-287-4 / 1597452874
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59745-287-8 / 9781597452878