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22 - Specific cardiovascular problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

Ken Hillman  and
Gillian Bishop
Ken Hillman
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Gillian Bishop
Affiliation:
Liverpool Health Services
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Clinical Intensive Care and Acute Medicine , pp. 431 - 460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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, Vilacosta I. and San Roman, J. A. (Editorial). Acute aortic syndrome. Heart 85 (2001): 365–8Google Scholar
Cain, M. E.Atrial fibrillation – rhythm or rate control. New England Journal of Medicine 347 (2002): 1822–23Google Scholar
Luce, J. M., Trohman, R. G. and Parrillo, J. E. (ed.) Arrhythmias in the critically ill patient. Critical Care Medicine 28 (2000): 115–80
Beevers, G., Lip, G. and O'Brien, E.The pathophysiology of hypertension. British Medical Journal 322 (2001): 912–16Google Scholar
Varon, J. and Marik, P.The diagnosis and management of hypertensive crisis. Chest 118 (2000): 214–27Google Scholar
Armstrong, P.New advances in the management of acute coronary syndromes: 2. Fibrinolytic therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Canadian Medical Association Journal 165 (2001): 791–97Google Scholar
Curzen, N., Haque, R. and Timmis, A.Application of thrombolytic therapy. Intensive Care Medicine 24 (1998): 756–68Google Scholar
Fitchett, D., Goodman, S. and Langer, A.New advances in the management of acute coronary syndromes: 1. Matching treatment to risk. Canadian Medical Association Journal 164 (2001): 1309–16Google Scholar
Maynard, S. J., Scott, G. O., Riddell, J. W. and Adgey, A. A. J.Management of acute coronary syndromes. British Medical Journal 321 (2000): 220–3Google Scholar
The American Heart Association in Collaboration with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Guidelines 2000 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. International consensus on science. Circulation 102 (suppl.) (2000): 1–384. Also at http://www.circulationaha.org
Hasdai, D., Topol, E. J., Califf, R. M., Berger, P. B. and Holmes, D. R. Jnr.Cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndrome. Lancet 356 (2000): 749–56Google Scholar
Williams, S. G., Wright, D. J. and Tan, L. B.Management of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction: towards evidence based medical practice. Heart 83 (2000): 621–6Google Scholar
Spodick, D.Pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade. Chest 113 (1998): 1372–8Google Scholar
, Vilacosta I. and San Roman, J. A. (Editorial). Acute aortic syndrome. Heart 85 (2001): 365–8Google Scholar

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