thrombolytic therapy 51
acute myocardial infarction 5511 – – 44
comparison with angioplasty
5555 – – 66
contraindications 5577 – – 88
contraindications
myocardial infarction 5577 – – 88
unstable angina 44
unstable angina 44
thrombus
detection in left atrium,
transthoracic and
transoesophageal
echocardiography 115511 – – 22
risk in atrial fibrillation
anticoagulation therapy and 135,
141
assessment 114499 – – 5500
cardioversion and 141, 145
risk in atrial flutter, cardioversion
and 147
venous, patent foramen ovale/stroke
patients 155
thyroid function, effects of
amiodarone therapy 117799 – – 8800
ticlopidine, unstable angina 43
tilt test 116600
TIMI IIIB trial 45
tirofiban 44
tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) 51
acute myocardial infarction 52–3
TNK 53
torsade de pointes
at a cardiac arrest 117733 – – 44
non-sustained ventricular
tachycardia 171
tranilast 48
transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
risks, atrial fibrillation and 114499 – – 5500
transthoracic and transoesophageal
echocardiography 115533 – – 44
transplantation, heart/heart-lung
angina following 113311 – – 22
eligibility and suitability 112255 – – 77
immunosuppressive therapy
112299 – – 3300
survival following 112288
trifascicular disease, pacing 116644 – – 55
trimentazidine, angina 35
troponin T, diagnosis and risk
stratification of acute coronary
syndromes 3377 – – 4400valve disease, management in
pregnancy 119966 – – 77
valve replacement
risk of death 70
stroke and endocarditis risk 9944
valves, mechanical, anticoagulation
elective surgery and 220022 – – 33
pregnancy/delivery 196–7, 198
vasodilators, chronic heart failure
111144 – – 1155
ventricular arrhythmia, recurrent 192
ventricular septal defect
closure in adults 9955 – – 66
post-infarct 7722 , 95–6
ventricular tachycardia (VT)
non-sustained 117711
VT stimulation studies 118822 – – 33
verapamil
angina 35
unstable 43
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 103
role in atrial fibrillation
cardioversion 139
use in pregnancy 195
Veterans Affairs Non-Q Wave
Infarction Strategies in Hospital
(VANQWISH) Trial 41, 46
vitamin E, prescription in coronary
heart disease patients 2244warfarin
atrial fibrillation patients 113355 – – 66
elective surgery in mechanical heart
valve patients 202–3
embryopathy 196, 197, 200
secondary prevention of acute
myocardial infarction 64
use in pregnancy 220000 – – 11
valve disease/mechanical valves
196, 197, 198
West of Scotland Coronary Prevention
Study (WOSCOPS) 17
WHO MONICA project 61
Wolff Parkinson White syndrome,
radiofrequency ablation 137–8222 Index