Acute Pulmonary Embolism [electronic resource] : A Challenge for Hemostasiology /

Thrombophilia and thrombogenesis -- The molecular mechanisms of inherited thrombophilia -- Hypercoagulative syndrome: Molecular markers for the identification of cardiovascular patients at risk -- Clinical implications of the new understanding of thrombophilia -- The clinical syndrome of acute pulmonary embolism -- Mechanisms of ventilation-perfusion mismatch and hemodynamic alterations in acute and chronic pulmonary embolism -- Clinical course and prognosis of acute pulmonary embolism -- Clinical implications of a patent foramen ovale in patients with massive pulmonary embolism -- The value of echocardiography in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism -- Scintigraphy-ventilation/perfusion scanning and imaging of the embolus -- MR-angiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism -- Anticoagulation and fibrinolysis -- Anticoagulation -- Mechanism of blood coagulation. Newer aspects of anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy -- Low molecular weight heparins — Pharmacological principles and indications in clinical practice -- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia -- New developments in the thrombolytic therapy of venous thrombosis -- The risk of recurrent venous thromboembolic disease — implications for treatment -- A randomized trial of the effect of low molecular weight heparin vs. warfarin on mortality in the long-term treatment of proximal vein thrombosis -- Fibrinolysis -- Thrombolytic therapy in pulmonary embolism. Which patients should be treated, which regimen should be used? -- Thrombolytic treatment of pulmonary embolism: Life-saving option or unacceptable risk? -- Surgical treatment of acute pulmonary embolism.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Geibel, A. editor., Just, H. editor., Kasper, W. editor., Konstantinides, S. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Heidelberg : Steinkopff, 2000
Subjects:	Medicine., Cardiology., Vascular surgery., Medicine & Public Health., Vascular Surgery.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51190-5
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