Cardiac Drug Therapy

by M. Gabriel Khan

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617799617
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	11/19/2014
Series:	Contemporary Cardiology
Edition description:	8th ed. 2015
Pages:	791
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Dr. M. Gabriel Khan is a cardiologist at the Ottawa Hospital and an Associate Profes­sor of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Khan graduated MB, BCh, with First-Class Honours at The Queen’s University of Belfast. He obtained , by thesis, the Degree of Doctor of Medicine with Honours ( QUB). He is the author of Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases, Academic Press/ Elsevier, 2006; Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases, 2^nd ed., Springer Science+Business Media, 2011; Rapid ECG Interpretation, 3^rd ed., Humana Press/Springer Science+Business Media, 2008; On Call Cardiology, 3^rd ed., Elsevier, 2006; Heart Disease Diagnosis and Therapy, 2^nd ed., Humana Press, 2006; Cardiac and Pulmonary Management (1993); Medical Diagnosis and Therapy (1994); Heart Attacks, Hypertension and Heart Drugs (1986); and Heart Trouble Encyclopedia (1996).

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This excellent book serves as a complete guide to therapeutic strategies for patients with cardiac diseases. … This is an excellent guide for any practitioner prescribing cardiac medications, including medical students, residents, fellows, general practitioners, and consultants. … This is a quick and easy read, presenting comprehensive and up-to-date information. … This book is well written and suitable for those at various levels of training involved in prescribing cardiac medications.” (Parham Parto, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2015)

From the Publisher

The fourth edition of this book begins with chapters reviewing the dosage, mechanism of action, clinical indications, adverse effects, and interactions of commonly used cardiac drugs. The latter chapters review recent literature and give advice in the management of hypertension, angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, endocarditis, and hyperlipidemias. The purpose is to provide physicians with information that will allow them to choose the best drug for a given clinical situation. These are worthy objectives, and the author met his objectives. This book is suitable for medical students, medical residents, family physicians, internists, cardiologists, nurses, and all other practitioners involved with the care of cardiac patients. The author is a credible authority in the subject matter of the book. This book contains an adequate number of charts and algorithms. The references are up-to-date and pertinent. The unique features of this book make it user-friendly. The appendix provides charts listing doses of drugs frequently used in coronary care units. The inside front cover lists cardiac arrest drugs and their recommended doses. The inside back cover provides algorithms for the management of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia and sustained ventricular tachycardia. The text uses bold print throughout the chapters for quick retrieval of vital information and a second color for the chapter titles and drug names. This book is highly recommended as an up-to-date guide for the management of cardiac problems with various cardiac drugs. This revised edition has expanded the chapters on the management of hypertension, angina, acute myocardialinfarction, heart failure, arrhythmias, hyperlipidemia, and thrombolytics. It also contains a new chapter on drug interactions with other cardiac drugs and noncardiac drugs.

Marie A. Wadas

New edition of a handbook on modern therapeutics in patients with every type of cardiovascular disease. Khan (cardiologist, The Ottowa Hospital, and professor of medicine, U. of Ottawa) has updated drug information to include beta blockers, angiotensin 11 receptor blockers and ACE inhibitors, anti-platelet agents and statins, management of hypertension, a review of the controversy surrounding digoxin, and an analysis of calcium antagonists. Also included are drug tables indicating how a drug is supplied and its dosage, followed by advice as to efficacy, comparison with other drugs, indications, adverse side effects and interactions. Contains a global table of generic drugs available worldwide. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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