Overview
- Updates and revises the sixth edition
- Includes six new chapters that deal with ongoing controversies regarding the use of several widely used drugs
- Discusses the beta-blocker and ACE inhibitor controversies
- Provides quick reference to drug therapies available for every type of cardiovascular disease
- Includes expanded drug administration and dosage tables, new material on results of clinical trials
- Features the current guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on cardiac arrest
Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology (CONCARD)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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 cardiologists are presently grappling with. The book provides practical advice on how to manage cardiac diseases and addresses the choice of one particular cardiac agent vs. another. In addition to providing core knowledge in cardiovascular therapeutics, the text assists in resolving some of the issues surrounding cardiac drugs. Cardiac Drug Therapy provides practical information including properties, dosage, side effects, potential salutary benefits, and drawbacks on virtually all commercially available cardiac drugs. The text is succinct and straightforward, and highlighted throughout with bullet points that enable rapid-retrieval of clinically relevant information.
Reviews
From the reviews of the seventh edition:
"...summarizing the rapidly evolving pharmacologic options available for the treatment of cardiovascular disease." -Doody's Book Review, Weighted Numerical Score:92 - 4 Stars
"...a valuable clinical reference" -Doody's Book Review, Weighted Numerical Score:92 - 4 Stars
"This publication focuses on cardiac pharmacotherapy. The intended audience for this text includes cardiologists, internists, and medical residents. The author’s intent is to help physicians understand the pharmacotherapy of various diseases and the differences within cardiovascular drug classes that impact drug selection. … The references … are reasonably updated and predominantly use tertiary sources. … has many useful observations and more drug information than most physician-written books. … This is an interesting book that provides decent clinical and clinical trial observations … ." (C Michael White, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 41, 2007)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cardiac Drug Therapy
Authors: M. Gabriel Khan
Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-238-0
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-238-0Published: 14 October 2007
Series ISSN: 2196-8969
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8977
Edition Number: 7
Number of Pages: XIII, 420
Additional Information: Originally published by Elsevier
Topics: Cardiology, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology