Dr. Crispin Davies, MD is an interventional cardiology specialist in Portland, OR and has been practicing for 32 years. He graduated from U London Fac Med in 1986 and specializes in interventional cardiology.

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Life threatening cardiovascular conditions constitute up to fifty per cent of emergency admissions to hospital. Immediate and appropriate management is crucial. This authoritative text provides up to date guidance for cardiologists and general physicians faced with patients in a critical condition. Based on Oxford cardiologists' wide clinical experience, the individual chapters address the practical issues of managing patients during the acute phase, combining both evidence based and practical approaches. Chapters include:

Diagnosis of acute chest pain
Acute coronary syndromes - pathogenesis
Acute coronary syndromes - myocardial infarction with ST elevation
Acute coronary syndromes - chest pain or a normal ECG
Pulmonary oedema
Cardiogenic shock
Aortic dissection and related syndromes
Pulmonary embolism
Acute atrial fibrillation
Narrow complex tachycardia
Broad complex tachycardia
Syncope, bradyarrhythmias, and cardiac pacing
Cardiac arrest
Practical procedures
CCU Drug Protocols
The text is enhanced with schematic illustrations and real examples, boxed summaries, and tables, making the book easy to use on the wards as well as being a reference for more detailed study.

Zusammenfassung
Covering all the cardiovascular emergencies, this text adopts the problem-oriented approach. Management of the common emergencies, such as acute coronary syndromes, acute heart failure, tachycardias and pulmonary embolism is discussed.