Cardiac Biomarkers : Case Studies and Clinical Correlations / edited by Alan S. Maisel, Allan S. Jaffe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maisel, Alan S., Editor.

Jaffe, Allan S., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiology.

Local Subjects:

Cardiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 370 p. 56 illus., 40 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive compendium of case studies to inform clinicians how to optimally deploy the major clinically utilized biomarkers in cardiology. Biomarkers now play an integral role in the treatment and management of patients with congestive heart failure and acute ischemic heart disease because they provide crucial information about the status of individual patients. For that reason, it is important for clinicians to understand the basis for the use of these markers. Every reader may not have the laboratory and/or clinical expertise to understand all the details associated with the use of these markers, which is why this book takes a case oriented approach and by doing so provides a practical resource to guide the clinician through the options available. Cardiac Biomarkers discusses how to use these biomarkers optimally and, in particular, how to understand when values provide actionable information. The book an essential guide for all physicians and healthcare practitioners in the field of cardiology.

Contents:

The patient with chest pain: The troponin story

Troponin Basics for the clinician

Pathophysiology of trop I and T in myocardial ischemia/infarction

International Definition of MI- rationale and practice

Evaluation of patients presenting with chest pain- where do troponins fit in

Using contemporary troponin in patients with AMI

Using troponins to guide therapy in ACS

Use of cTn in patients with heart failure

Elevated cTn in other acute situations

Use of cTn for detection of more chronic disease states

High sensitivity assays- what are they and why do we need them

Use of troponin for the evaluation of patients potentially at risk for cardiovascular disease

Gaps in our biomarker armamentarium – what novel biomarkers might be synergistic in patients with acute disease

The patient with shortness of breath: the natriuretic peptide story

Evaluation of patients presenting with sob- where do nps fit in

Pathophysiology of bnp, and ntpro bnp

A clinicians guide to lab assays for nps

Using NPS in the ED- diagnosis

Using NPs in the ED- algorithms and risk stratification

Using NPs in the hospital

NPs at the time of discharge

Finger stick NP levels at home

Guiding therapy of heart failure with NPs

Caveats to NP measurement

Other biomarkers for heart failure

Biomarkers of cardiorenal disease,- Biomarkers of cardiac risk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.