Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Critical Pathways in Cardiology Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 7
CHAPTER 1 Goals, Design, and Implementation of Critical Pathways in Cardiology......Page 8
CHAPTER 2 Potential Pitfalls in the Development of Successful Critical Pathways......Page 11
CHAPTER 3 Emergency Department Critical Pathways for Acute Coronary Syndromes......Page 14
CHAPTER 4 Thrombolysis for Acute Myocardial Infarction......Page 17
CHAPTER 5 Critical Pathways for Evaluating the Chest Pain Patient at Low Risk......Page 20
CHAPTER 6 Critical Pathways Approach Using Nuclear Cardiac Imaging in the Emergency Department......Page 24
CHAPTER 7 Chest Pain Centers......Page 28
CHAPTER 8 Thrombolysis Critical Pathway......Page 33
CHAPTER 9 Critical Pathways for Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction at Community Hospitals without Cardiac Surgery......Page 39
CHAPTER 10 Primary PTCA for Acute MI in the PAMI Trials......Page 48
CHAPTER 11 Complicated Myocardial Infarction......Page 56
CHAPTER 12 Critical Pathway for Unstable Angina......Page 70
CHAPTER 13 Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention......Page 76
CHAPTER 14 Pathways for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery......Page 79
CHAPTER 15 Aortic Dissection......Page 84
CHAPTER 16 Management of Atrial Fibrillation......Page 89
CHAPTER 17 Congestive Heart Failure......Page 94
CHAPTER 18 Deep Venous Thrombosis......Page 101
CHAPTER 19 Pulmonary Embolism......Page 105
CHAPTER 20 Hypercholesterolemia......Page 110
CHAPTER 21 Hypertension......Page 115
CHAPTER 22 Chronic Angina Pectoris......Page 119
CHAPTER 23 Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Post Myocardial Infarction Patient......Page 123
CHAPTER 24 Smoking Cessation......Page 127