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Antiarrhythmic Drugs

  • Presents highly practical information, written in a quick-access, no-nonsense format
  • Emphasis is on a just-the-facts clinical approach, heavy on tabular material, light on dense prose
  • Involvement of the ISCP will ensure that the best quality contributors will be involved and establish a consistent approach to each topic in the series

Part of the book series: Current Cardiovascular Therapy (CCT)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias

    • Teresa Barrio-Lopez, Jesús Almendral
    Pages 1-29
  3. Class I Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Na+ Channel Blockers

    • Mohammad Shenasa, Mohammad-Ali Shenasa, Mariah Smith
    Pages 31-105
  4. Class III Antiarrhythmic Drugs

    • Juan Tamargo, Ricardo Caballero, Eva Delpón
    Pages 107-180
  5. Beta-blockers as Antiarrhythmic Agents

    • Catalin Adrian Buzea, Anca Rodica Dan, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan
    Pages 181-231
  6. Modulation of Calcium Handling: Calcium-Channel Modulators

    • Erol Tülümen, Martin Borggrefe
    Pages 233-264
  7. Other Antiarrhythmic Drugs

    • Juan Tamargo
    Pages 265-306
  8. Clinical Significance and Management of Arrhythmias

    • Antoni Martínez-Rubio, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan
    Pages 379-422
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 423-428

About this book

This volume reviews current and potential future therapies for arrhythmias. It is a highly practical guide for the use of pharmaceuticals in the management of the discipline, and has been written in a simple quick-access format.

Antiarrhythmic Drugs builds on the current understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms and insights gained from previous studies of therapeutic interventions. It is designed to establish the baseline level of knowledge that a cardiovascular professional needs to know on a day-to-day basis.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Sabadell, Institut d’Investigació i Innovació I3PT, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain

    Antoni Martínez-Rubio

  • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Tamargo

  • “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

    Gheorghe- Andrei Dan

About the editors

A Martinez Rubio, is Chief of Cardiology in the Univ. Hospital of Sabadell and professor of Medicine  at the Univ. Autònoma of Barcelona, Spain
J Tamargo is professor of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine of the Univ. Complutense of Madrid, Spain

G. Andrei Dan is Prof of Medicine  at the Carol Davila University of Medicine, chief of the Internal Medicine Clinic and of Cardiology Department, Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, immediate past President of ISCP

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antiarrhythmic Drugs

  • Editors: Antoni Martínez-Rubio, Juan Tamargo, Gheorghe- Andrei Dan

  • Series Title: Current Cardiovascular Therapy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34893-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34891-5Published: 04 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34893-9Published: 03 February 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2946-8183

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-8191

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 428

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Pharmacotherapy

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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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