Markers in Cardiology - AHA: Current and Future Clinical ApplicationsISBN: 978-0-87993-472-9
Hardcover
290 pages
May 2001, Wiley-Blackwell
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Diagnostic accuracy is critical for the identification and
treatment of patients with potential cardiac disease. There is now
an ever-increasing reliance on the measured levels of diverse
proteins (i.e. markers) whose presence in varying amounts can
suggest certain cardiovascular pathologies and help to identify
optimal therapeutic alternatives. Cardiac Markers: Current and
Future Applications is designed to familiarize the reader with
these concepts, and to facilitate the application of these concepts
to patients with cardiac disease.
The chapters in this monograph detail the past, present, and potential future of markers used for the detection of myocardial injury and for risk assessment as part of a cardiovascular disease work-up strategy. The strengths of this extensive overview, written by many of the current leaders in the field, lie in the evidence presented in addressing analytical/technical, clinical, and outcome-assessments of each biomarker currently used in clinical practice, and for those being investigated as potential cutting-edge tools. Clinical cardiologists, pathologists, researchers, and critical and primary care physicians interested in the clinical application of blood-based assays in cardiac patients will all learn from this monograph.