Cardiac Drug Therapy

In its revised, expanded 8th edition, this book offers core knowledge of cardiovascular therapeutics. Covers beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and antiplatelet agents, as well as drug interactions, and use of cardiac drugs in pregnant and lactating patients.

This book is an essential guide to the medical treatment of the cardiac patient and presents core principles of cardiovascular therapeutics as well as drug recommendations. Major classes of drugs are featured, including beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium antagonists, diuretics, and antiplatelet agents and unique insights into the controversies surrounding the use of specific drugs are explored, with answers given to the question: do beta blockers and diuretics really cause diabetes? Properties, dosage, side effects, potential salutary benefits, and drawbacks on virtually all commercially available cardiac drugs are examined. This revised edition is thoroughly updated and addresses the entire spectrum of heart disorders, such as hypertension, angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and dyslipidemias. New chapters include endocrine heart diseases, management of cardiomyopathies, and newer agents. In addition, topics such as cardiac drugs in pregnancy and lactation and drug interactions are covered. Cardiac Drug Therapy , Eighth Edition, is an authoritative and clinically relevant resource for cardiologists, cardiology fellows, and internists.

Designed to fit in a coat pocket, this book provides a quick reference to drug therapies available for every type of cardiovascular disease Fully revised, the eighth edition is expanded and contains new chapters on PCI, Cardiomyopathies, and new cardiac agents ECGs are featured to illustrate clinical cardiac findings Key chapters discuss all major drug classes and the controversies surrounding them, presenting major evidence in relation to the author's recommendations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Dr. M. Gabriel Khan is a cardiologist at the Ottawa Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He graduated MB, BCh, with First-Class Honors at The Queen's University of Belfast, was appointed Staff Physician in charge of a Clinical Teaching Unit at the Ottawa General Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the Royal College of Physicians of London and Canada. His books include On Call Cardiology, 3rd edition (2006), Heart Disease Diagnosis and Therapy, 2nd edition (2006), Rapid ECG Interpretation, 2nd edition (2003), Cardiac and Pulmonary Management (1993), Medical Diagnosis and Therapy (1994), Heart Attacks, Hypertension and Heart Drugs (1986), and Heart Trouble Encyclopedia (1996). Dr. Khan's books have been translated into numerous languages. He has built a reputation as a clinician-teacher and has become an internationally acclaimed cardiologist through his writings.

Inhalt

Beta-Blockers: The Cornerstone of Cardiac Drug Therapy.- 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.- Angina.- Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Heart Failure.- Heart Failure Controversies.- Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias.- Cardiac Arrest.- Management of Infective Endocarditis.- Dyslipidemias.- Endocrine Heart Diseases.- Antiplatelet Agents, Anticoagulants, Factor XA Inhibitors, Thrombin Inhibitors.- Cardiac Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation.- Effects of Drug Interactions.- Hallmark Clinical Trials.- Management of Cardiomyopathies.- Newer Agents.