Cardiology drug update
By: guest editor JoAnne M. Foody ; consulting editor, Michael H. Crawford
Series: Cardiology clinics -- v. 26, no. 4; Cardiology clinics -- v. 26, no. 4.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9781416062769
Subjects: Heart; Cardiovascular agents; Cardiovascular Agents; Diseases; Chemotherapy; Cardiovascular Diseases; Drug therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Angiotensin receptor blockers: novel role in high-risk patients / Usman Javed, Prakash C. Deedwania; title: Renin inhibitors: novel agents for renoprotection or a better angiotensin receptor blocker for blood pressure lowering? / Eduardo Pimenta, Suzanne Oparil; title: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors: is there life after torcetrapib? / Hemanth Neeli, Daniel J. Rader; title: Extended-release niacin/laropiprant: reducing niacin-induced flushing to Better realize the benefit of niacin in improving cardiovascular risk factors / John F. Paolini ... [et al.]; title: Management of heart failure : a brief review and selected update / Samuel Unzek, Gary S. Francis; title: Statins in heart failure / Prakash C. Deedwania, Usman Javed; title: Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, nonsteroidal snti-inflammatory drugs, and cardiovascular risk / Orly Vardeny, Scott D. Solomon; title: Ranolazine: new paradigm for management of myocardial ischemia, myocardial dysfunction, and arrhythmias / Peter H. Stone; title: Anticoagulants in coronary artery disease  / L. Veronica Lee; title: Intensity of antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary intervention: the promise of prasugrel?; title: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 as a new target of action for Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review / Javaid H. Wani, Jennifer John-Kalarickal, Vivian A. Fonseca.