Textbook of Emergency Cardiology

Alan S Maisel MDProfessor of Medicine, Director, CCU and HF Program, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, VA Medical Centre, University of California, San Diego, California, USA W Frank Peacock MD FACEP FACCProfessor, Emergency Medicine, Associate Chair and Research Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

• Section 1: Cardiac ArrestCardiac ResuscitationPostcardiac Arrest Syndrome and Therapeutic HypothermiaBiomarkers in Acute CareElectrocardiography in the Emergency DepartmentEchocardiographyMagnetic Resonance ImagingCoronary Computed Tomography AngiographyClinical Evaluation of Chest PainSyncopeClinical Evaluation of Palpitations Section 2: Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary SyndromeAcute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary SyndromeStrategies to Rule-out Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department: Who Can Go Home?Acute Coronary Syndrome: Risk StratificationTreatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency DepartmentNon-invasive Testing Section 3: Acute Heart FailureHow to Use Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency Department?Other BiomarkersBioimpedance Vector Analysis in Acute Heart FailureEchocardiographic Assessment of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department Acute Heart Failure TreatmentThe Role of Observation Units in Acute Heart FailureCardiogenic ShockAcute PericarditisCardiac TamponadeHypertensive EmergenciesAortic DissectionCardiac Trauma Section 4: ArrhythmiasAtrial Fibrillation and Atrial FlutterVentricular Tachycardia and Ventricular FibrillationEmergency BradycardiasABC of Pacing: Temporary and PermanentSupraventricular TachycardiaUse of Anticoagulation in ArrhythmiasCardiac Toxicity Due to DrugsAcute Pulmonary EmbolismKidney Injury in the Face of Heart Disease Index