Cardiac Drug Therapy [Hardcover]

M.I.Gabriel Khan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0702019968 | ISBN-13: 978-0702019968 | Publication Date: June 5, 1995 | Edition: 4th edition

This 4th edition provides A practical therapeutic text for prescribers of cardiovascular drugs, including cardiologists, internists, family physicians and housestaff. Based on the author's review of the international literature, the book presents information and advice which is logically organized to facilitate rapid access to key details. The book features a rationale for the choice of drug in given clinical situations and how best to manage cardiac problems. The format summarizes how the drug is supplied, dosage guidelines, action pharmacokinetics, clinical advice, efficacy, adverse effects, contraindications and interactions. New chapters on ACE inhibitors and drugs in pregnancy and lactation are included, as is a review of thrombolytic agents, calcium antagonists and beta blockers. Comprehensive chapters on the management of hypertension, angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, endocarditis and hyperlipidemias are featured. Decision-making algorithms for the management of cardiac emergencies and appendices giving infusion pump charts are also included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

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)

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 443 pages
• Publisher: Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd; 4th edition edition (June 5, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702019968
• ISBN-13: 978-0702019968
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,327,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "cardiology thriller", November 4, 2004

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Dr. Manan vasenwala Md, mrcpuk (ALIGARH, UTTAR PRADESH India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cardiac Drug Therapy, 6e (Paperback)

if anyone had told me earlier that entire cardio-vascular therapeutics could be packed into a small pocket-size book of 500 pages, i would have been amused... that is until i read m.gabriel khan's cardiac drug therapy when this amusement changed into amazement. not only this is an excellent, concise and upto-date book on treatment, but it is so easy to read and digest that it appears to be a thriller akin to perry masons's exploits.
his views on beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers are very important and in broad agreement with us.
i think it is by far the most precise and unambigous handbook on cardiovascular treatment i have ever come across.