CARDIAC DRUG THERAPY, 8TH EDITION.

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.

Features
- 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

Table of Contents
1. Beta-Blockers: The Cornerstone of Cardiac Drug Therapy
2. Beta-Blocker Controversies
3. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
4. ACE Inhibitor Controversies
5. Calcium Antagonists (Calcium Channel Blockers)
6. Calcium Antagonist Controversies
7. Diuretics
8. Hypertension
9. Hypertension Controversies
10. Angina
11. Acute Myocardial Infarction
12. Heart Failure
13. Heart Failure Controversies
14. Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias
15. Cardiac Arrest
16. Management of Infective Endocarditis
17. Dyslipidemias
18. Endocrine Heart Diseases
19. Antiplatelet Agents, Anticoagulants, Factor XA Inhibitors, Thrombin Inhibitors
20. Cardiac Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation
21. Effects of Drug Interactions
22. Hallmark Clinical Trials
23. Management of Cardiomyopathies
24. Newer Agents