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Section-D Acute Cardiology

BOOK TITLE: Emergency Medicine

Author
1. Mehta Arjun
ISBN
9788180615498
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10253_30
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2005
Pages
33
Author Affiliations
1. Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh, Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Chapter keywords
Acute chest pain, acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina, atrial fibrillation, broad complex tachycardia, hypertensive emergency, acute aortic dissection

Abstract

The main objective of this chapter is to discuss the acute cardiology. This chapter provides detail about the acute chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This chapter also covers the unstable angina, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. This chapter also discusses the supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), broad complex tachycardia and bradycardia. This chapter also describes the heart failure (mild/moderate) in acute coronary syndrome, hypertensive emergencies. Acute aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism (PE) are also discussed in this chapter.

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