• ISBN13: 9780824706463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Mar Dekker
• Publication Date: August 16, 2002
• Pages: 382
• Original Price: 175.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 667 grams

About the Book Written and edited by world-renowned leaders in the field! <p/>Presents new directions for the prevention and treatment of arterial and venous cardiovascular thrombotic and thromboembolic diseases. <p/>Updates contemporary thinking regarding low-molecular-weight-heparins (LMWH), platelet receptor antagonists, and direct thrombin inhibitors to manage acute coronary syndromes. <p/>Evaluates contemporary strategies for anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy to improve early clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention. <p/>Offering diagnostic and management strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality from acute coronary syndromes and acute pulmonary embolism, Thrombosis and Thromboembolism is a superb reference for cardiologists, internists, primary care physicians, vascular medicine specialists, vascular surgeons, hematologists, pulmonologists and critical care physicians, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiac care nurses, and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.