Platelet Glycoprotein IIb IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease (Contemporary Cardiology) 2nd Edition

This substantially revised second edition contains new chapters on the role of GPIIb/IIIa blockade during acute coronary syndromes or with fibrinolytic therapy during acute myocardial infarctions, and updated and expanded information on the latest trials of GP IIb/IIIa inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention. Additional improvements include a new chapter on outcomes with chronic oral GP IIb/IIIa blockade following acute coronary syndromes, discussion of GPIIb/IIIa blockade with other platelet and thrombin inhibitors, and a review of the potential effects beyond inhibition of platelet aggregation. Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition offers today's physicians, cardiologists, emergency room doctors, and basic scientists the most complete and authoritative review of the state-of-the-art in glycoprotein Iib/IIIa receptor inhibitor use.

A. Michael Lincoff takes advantage of critically important new knowledge arising from recent clinical trials to update and expand his acclaimed Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease. This substantially enhanced Second Edition contains new chapters on the role of GPIIb/IIIa blockade during acute coronary syndromes, on outcomes with chronic oral GPIIb/IIIa blockade following acute coronary syndromes, and on fibrinolytic therapy during acute myocardial infarctions. Additional enhancements include revised findings from the latest trials of GPIIb/IIIa inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention, discussion of GPIIb/IIIa blockade with other platelet and thrombin inhibitors, and a review of the potential effects beyond inhibition of platelet aggregation. The book also explains the scientific basis of this therapy, evaluates its benefits and risks for patients, and summarizes detailed data from its various clinical trials.

Comprehensive and definitive, Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition offers physicians, cardiologists, emergency room doctors, and basic scientists a complete and authoritative review of the state-of-the-art in glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor use today.

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Written by the scientists who discovered and characterized this class of receptors, invented the first IIb/IIIa agents, and conducted the definitive clinical trials, this volume elucidates the theoretical basis for the inhibition of platelet aggregation in the treatment of coronary syndromes, presents and synthesizes evidence for the efficacy of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade in inhibiting ischemic complication of coronary intervention and acute coronary syndromes, and provides guidelines for the use of this novel class of agents in the clinical management of cardiovascular disease. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

A. Michael Lincoff takes advantage of critically important new knowledge arising from recent clinical trials to update and expand his acclaimed Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease. This substantially enhanced Second Edition contains new chapters on the role of GPIIb/IIIa blockade during acute coronary syndromes, on outcomes with chronic oral GPIIb/IIIa blockade following acute coronary syndromes, and on fibrinolytic therapy during acute myocardial infarctions. Additional enhancements include revised findings from the latest trials of GPIIb/IIIa inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention, discussion of GPIIb/IIIa blockade with other platelet and thrombin inhibitors, and a review of the potential effects beyond inhibition of platelet aggregation. The book also explains the scientific basis of this therapy, evaluates its benefits and risks for patients, and summarizes detailed data from its various clinical trials. Comprehensive and definitive, Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease, Second Edition offers physicians, cardiologists, emergency room doctors, and basic scientists a complete and authoritative review of the state-of-the-art in glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor use today. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and ST-elevation myocardial infraction, are the most commonly encountered clinical scenarios faced by clinical cardiologists today, accounting for over 650,000 hospitalizations annually (1).