Product Description: Nitrates remain among the most commonly used therapeutic agents in cardiology. That they can re­ lieve pain in angina pectoris has been known at least since 1867, when Lauder Brunton described their clinical use. Now, almost 130 years later, we are constantly learning more about their optimal use in anginal syndromes...read more

Product Description: Calcium antagonists are now regarded as the most important advance in cardiac drug therapy since the advent of beta-adrenergic blocking agents. Acting ba­ sically as vasodilators-though with many other com­ plex mechanisms especially in the case of the anti­ arrhythmic calcium antagonists, these agents have grown in importance to become among the therapeutic agents of first choice for angina pectoris and hyper­ tension...read more

Product Description: Living Longer: The heart-mind connection is written for all those who strive for optimal long-term health and the maximal functioning of their hearts and minds. Today's problem for the health-conscious individual is information overload - new health studies pour out almost daily from newspapers, radio stations and television networks...read more

The new edition of this market-leading cardiac drug resource equips you with the latest advances in cardiovascular pharmacology, one of the most rapidly changing areas of medicine. It not only offers in-depth information on all of the drug classes used to treat heart disease, but also covers new drug classes, drug use for single and multiple problem management, and more. Dynamic full-color drawings illustrate key pharmacological and physiological actions, and a user-friendly organization directs you to the information you need. An increased emphasis on the practical use of drugs saves you valuable time in researching relevant information. A companion website offers access to the fully searchable book online, enabling you to quickly search the complete contents via drug, disease or drug action...wherever and whenever you need it.Includes online access to a companion website where you can quickly search the complete contents of the book by drug, disease, or drug action. Features the practice-proven experience of two well-known editors who represent the best possible combination of clinical and research expertise in cardiovascular therapeutics. Offers easy-to-access, useful information on when to use each drug―and for what conditions―in a chapter entitled “Which Drug for Which Disease.” Discusses the management of single diseases and multiple comorbidities. Summarizes each drug class at the end of chapters to expedite reference. Incorporates all-new drugs, preparations, and clinical trial data in each chapter, equipping you to make the most up-to-date, informed clinical decisions. Offers anytime, anywhere online access to the complete contents of the book –fully searchable-, along with downloadable image library, references linked to Medline, at expertconsult.com. Offers expanded coverage of comorbid diseases through new chapters on metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, and diabetes. Features an increased emphasis on the practical use of drugs through highlighted sections and key illustrations, saving you time in searching for relevant information. Presents the work of several new contributors who represent a broad international perspective to equip you with a global view of cardiovascular pharmacology. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Product Description: Sexta edición de una obra clásica muy apreciada por los cardiólogos y médicos relacionados con la enfermedad cardiovascular al ayudarles a escoger el tratamiento farmacológico más adecuado para su paciente, lo que resulta de gran utilidad en un entorno en el que la complejidad de los fármacos para esta patología cada vez es mayor y en el que la enfermedad cardiovascular está destinada a convertirse en la causa principal de mortalidad y morbilidad a medida que envejezca la población del “primer mundo”...read more

Product Description: Thoroughly revised and updated, this Fourth Edition is the only current book that integrates cellular and subcellular elements of cardiovascular physiology in the analysis of physiologic and pathophysiologic responses. In straightforward terms, with more than 600 diagrams and illustrations, the book explains the key principles crucial to understanding how the cardiovascular system and its components function and malfunction...read more

Product Description: This convenient and practical handbook provides clinically important information on the effects of cardiovascular drugs in the anesthetized patient. The book offers essential guidance both on the acute use of these drugs during the perioperative period and on the anesthetic management of patients taking chronic cardiovascular medications...read more

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Product Description: About the Book There are vast amounts of new data emerging in the study of calcium antagonist drugs. The major issues involved are no longer just the effects of calcium antagonist drugs in angina or hypertension but their possible postinfarct protective effects, both to provide prophylaxis and to improve left ventricular function...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This atlas contains 69 colour-coded diagrams that depict the intricacies of myocardial function. The authors have integrated their concepts on cardiac contraction, electrophysiology and metabolism. The text and illustrations clarify the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in normal myocardial function and the biochemical and physiological disturbances occurring in ischemia and infarction...read more

Product Description: Stunning is potentially an important complication of myocardial reperfusion. In contrast, hibernation is an important complication of myocardial ischemia. This book presents different viewpoints on these subjects, taken from a series of peer-reviewed articles which first appeared in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, and now in this book...read more

Product Description: The second edition of this work has been revised to incorporate contemporary concepts on molecular and cellular mechanisms in cardiac physiology. With the aid of 200 diagrams, Dr. Opie gives an account of cardiac cellular physiology, oxidative metabolism and coronary flow and ventricular function...read more

Product Description: This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 18-21 March 1985. The topics covered vary from basic structure--function relationships in muscle membranes and organelles to the applications of these concepts in the study, management and treatment of disorders of muscle function...read more