Companion to: Heart disease / edited by Eugene Braunwald. 2nd ed. 1984.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arrhythmia ablation -- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy -- Pacing -- Drugs blocking the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system -- Beta blockers -- Heart transplantation and mechanical cardiac support -- Cholesterol reduction -- Blood pressure reduction -- Smoking cessation -- Physical activity and weight loss -- Aspirin, other antiplatelet agents, and anticoagulants -- Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy -- Antioxidant vitamins -- Dietary factors -- Cardiac psychology: psychosocial factors -- Multiple risk-factor intervention trials -- Prevention strategies: from the office to the community and beyond.
Contributions of basic research, observational studies, and randomized trials -- Methodology of randomized trials -- Comparative features of primordial, primary, and secondary prevention trials -- Principles of data and safety monitoring boards in randomized trials -- Aspirin and thienopyridines -- Heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin -- Thrombolytic therapy -- Direct thrombin inhibitors -- Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors -- Adjunctive medical therapy -- Angioplasty: primary, rescue, and adjunctive mechanical interventions -- Coronary artery bypass surgery -- Drug therapy for ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation -- Drug therapy for supraventricular tachycardia -- Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drug therapy in atrial fibrillation.
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