• A concise guide that has direct clinical application for busy healthcare professionals
• Written in short, succinct chapters with key points to draw out the essential information
• Presented in a 2-colour format with numerous illustrations

Readership: Cardiologists and health professionals working in related fields, trainees, and cardiology specialist nurses.

Edited by Derek Hausenloy, Clinical Research Fellow, Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London Hospital, UK, and Derek Yellon, Clinical Research Fellow, Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London Hospital, UK

1: Derek Hausenloy and Derek Yellon: An introduction to cardioprotection
2: Richard Hobbs: Primary prevention of coronary heart disease
3: Frans Visser and Maarten Simoons: Percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombolysis in AMI and other ACS
4: Dana Dawson & Keith Fox: Anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic therapy post-AMI
5: Derek Hausenloy and Derek Yellon: Coronary no-reflow and microvascular obstruction
6: Lionel Opie: Optimal Medical Therapy Post-AMI
7: John Pepper: Cardioprotection during cardiac surgery
8: James Downey and Michael Cohen: Endogenous mechanisms of cardioprotection
9: Thorsten Reffelmann and Robert Kloner: Adjunctive reperfusion therapy post-AMI
10: Philippe Menasché: Stem cell therapy post-AMI
11: Derek Hausenloy and Derek Yellon: Novel cardioprotective strategies