Emergency cardiac care / 
[edited by] W. Brian Gibler, Tom P. Aufderheide. 
 - St. Louis :  Mosby,  1994. 
 - xiii, 758 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction / W. Brian Gibler and Tom P. Aufderheide -- 2. Emergency Department Evaluation of the Patient with Chest Pain / Jerris R. Hedges and John M. Howell -- 3. Minimizing Time Delays to Thrombolytic Therapy in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction / Joseph P. Ornato and Anil Om -- 4. Prehospital 12-Lead Electrocardiography and Evaluation of the Patient with Chest Pain / Tom P. Aufderheide -- 5. Prehospital Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction / Diane L. Gorgas and W. Brian Gibler -- 6. Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction / Gary P. Young -- 7. Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction Adjuncts / Charles B. Cairns -- 8. Early Emergency Department Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction / W. Brian Gibler and Richard V. Aghababian -- 9. Electrocardiography in the Patient with Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction / Tom P. Aufderheide and William J. Brady -- 10. Angina and Unstable Angina / Brian J. Zink. 11. Pulmonary Chest Pain, Cor Pulmonale, and Pulmonary Thromboembolism / Craig F. Feied -- 12. Other Causes of Chest Pain: Noncardiac / Michael R. Sayre -- 13. Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain / Glenn F. Tokarski -- 14. Arrhythmias and Antiarrhythmic Therapy / W. Brian Gibler -- 15. Permanent Cardiac Pacing / R. K. Thakur -- 16. Transcutaneous and Transesophageal Pacing / Fred G. Wenger, Jr. and William C. Dalsey -- 17. The Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) / Peter D. Chapman -- 18. Cardiac-Related Acute Infectious Disease / Daniel J. DeBehnke -- 19. Valvular Heart Disease / Kent N. Hall -- 20. Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies / Edward A. Panacek -- 21. Effects of Toxins on the Heart / Curtis P. Snook and Edward J. Otten -- 22. Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction / Steven C. Carleton -- 23. Cardiac Resuscitation / James W. Hoekstra -- 24. Legal Issues / David M. Siegel -- 25. Athlete's Heart / Steven W. Dailey, Jr. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080167056X 9780801670565 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cardiovascular emergencies.<br/>Critical Care--methods.<br/>Emergencies.<br/>Heart Diseases--diagnosis.<br/>Heart Diseases--therapy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC675  / .E435 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.12025  / E M C