Publisher's Synopsis
This book presents views on the diagnosis and treatment of acute myocardial infarction. It contains selected papers from the IV Course of the Ettore Majorana Centre's International School of Cardiology, and is divided into three sections, each focusing on answers to challenging questions. The first section presents papers on the anatomical and functional aspects of infarction; the second concentrates on diagnostic procedures used to assess the evolution of systolic and diastolic ventricular function during acute infarction; and the third examines strategies of pharmaceutical and surgical treatment. This book is intended for cardiologists, and clinicians and researchers working with cardiovascular diseases and pathology.