Primary Angioplasty
Subtitle: Mechanical Interventions for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: May 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781841843421
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Vascular surgery; Surgery - Vascular; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Medical / Cardiology; Cardiology
First sentence: Atherosclerotic plaque rupture in the coronary arteries is thought to underlie most acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), as well as many cases of sudden cardiac death, and thus is a major cause of overall mortality and morbidity.