[PDF] Chest Pain Units, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics Michael H. Crawford MD FACC

Advances in technology and delivery of care in chest pain units make this an essential book for cardiologists. Articles explore acute coronary syndromes; missed diagnoses of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department; chest pain unit concept; markers of cardiac injury; markers of cardiac ischemia and inflammation; treadmill exercise testing; role of myocardial scintigraphy; echocardiography; cost-effectivness; management of special populations; recognition and management of the patient with chest pain and nonobstructive coronary artery disease; and management of heart failure.