Critical pathways in cardiovascular medicine

Goals, design, and implementation of critical pathways in cardiovascular medicine / Christopher P. Cannon and Patrick O'Gara -- Part I. -- Prehospital critical pathways -- Prehospital fibrinolysis / Freek W.A. Verheught -- Regional transfer programs for primary PCI / David M. Larson and Timothy D. Henry -- Public access defibrillation / Joseph P. Ornato -- Part II. -- Critical pathways in the emergency department -- Non-ST elevation ACS in the emergency department / Richard J. Ryan, Christopher P. Cannon, and W. Brian Gibler -- Thrombolysis for ST-elevation mi in the emergency department / Joshua M. Kosowsky -- Heart failure in the emergency department / W. Frank Peacock -- Atrial fibrillation in the emergency department / Ray Bahr -- Stroke and TIA / Lee Schwamm -- The role of exercise testing in chest pain units: evolution, application, results / Ezra A. Amsterdam, Deborah B. Diercks, and Samuel D. Turnipseed -- Part III -- Critical pathways in the hospital -- Critical pathway for non-ST elevation ACS / Christopher P. Cannon and Patrick T. O'Gara -- Primary PCI / Amr E. Abbas and Cindy L. Grines -- Primary PCI at community hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery / Nancy Sinclair and Thomas P. Wharton, Jr. -- Approach to the patient with complicated myocardial infarction / Richard C. Becker -- Cardiac catheterization and percuraneous coronary intervention / Jeffrey J. Popma -- Pathways for coronary artery bypass surgery / Rashid M. Ahmad, Frances Wadlington, Tiffany Street, James P. Greelish, Jorge M. Balaguer, and John G. Byrne -- Acute aortic syndromes / Piotr Sobieszcyk and Patrick O'Gara -- Intensive management of hyperglycemia in ACS / Vera T. Fajtova -- Management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter / Eyal Herzog and Jonathan S. Steinberg -- Heart failure / Greg Fonarow -- Device therapy in patients with heart failure / Peter J. Zimetbaum and Eli V. Gelfand -- Venous thromboembolism / Samuel Z. Goldhaber -- Part IV. -- Critical pathways in the outpatient setting / -- Hyperlipidemia / Frederick F. Samaha and Daniel J. Rader -- Diabetes and metabolic syndrome / Emily Deborah Szmuilowicz and Merri Pendergrass -- Hypertension / Michael A. Weber -- Smoking cessation / Beth C. Bock -- Secondary prevention overview / Sidney Smith -- Overview of the AHA "get with the guidelines" programs / Yuling Hong, Kenneth A. LaBresh -- Cardiac rehabilitation in the post myocardial infarction patient / Daniel E. Forman.