Drugs for the Heart by Lionel H Opie
This pocket reference to drugs for the heart is intended to facilitate quick access to drug/dosage for particular diseases. It covers modes of action, pharmacokinetics, indications, side effects, drug interactions, and precautions and also includes new material on the use of thrombolytic agents and lipid-lowering drugs, new inotropic agents, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and antiarrhythmic agents. The book also covers beta-blockers, nitrates, digitalis, sympathomimetics, diuretics, vasodilating drugs and more.
Lionel H. Opie, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. After graduating from the University of Cape Town, he studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was a Research Fellow at Harvard from 1959-1961. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1974. From 1976-1978, he was President of the International Society for Heart Research. He is the author of The Heart: Physiology and Metabolism, Second Edition, 1991, and Myocardial Protection by Calcium Antagonists, 1994. He is Editor of Drugs for the Heart, Fourth Edition in preparation for 1995. He is Co-Editor of Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. For 1990-1993, he was Chairman of the Committee on Cardiovascular Drugs of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology. In 1992, he was Visiting Professor and British Heart Foundation Senior Fellow, St. Thomas' Hospital, London. For 1984-1994, he was Visiting Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780721632780 |
| ISBN 10 | 0721632785 |
| Title | Drugs for the Heart |
| Author | Lionel H Opie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Year published | 1991-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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