Cardiac Drug Therapy

• Main Author: Khan, M. Gabriel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.
• Edition: Seventh Edition.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Cardiac Drug Therapy, 7th ed., addresses the pharmacology and therapeutic application of drugs used to treat heart diseases and hypertension. Additions and updates to the sixth edition include six new chapters on current controversies in cardiac drug therapy such as the beta blocker issue many cardi...

Table of Contents:

• Beta-Blockers
• Beta-Blocker Controversies
• Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
• ACE Inhibitor Controversies
• Calcium Antagonists (Calcium Channel Blockers)
• Calcium Antagonist Controversies
• Diuretics
• Hypertension
• Hypertension Controversies
• Management of Angina
• Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Management of Heart Failure
• Heart Failure Controversies
• Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Arrest
• Management of Infective Endocarditis
• Management of Dyslipidemias
• Statin Controversies
• Antiplatelet Agents, Anticoagulants, and Specific Thrombin Inhibitors
• Cardiac Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation
• Effects of Drug Interactions
• Hallmark Clinical Trials.