Opie's Cardiovascular Drugs: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease: Expert Consult - Online and Print - Softcover

Bhatt MD MPH FACC FAHA FESC MSCAI, Deepak L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323673619 ISBN 13: 9780323673617

Publisher: Elsevier, 2020

Synopsis

**Selected for Doody’s Core TitlesŪ 2024 in Cardiology**

Authoritative, portable, and up to date, Opie’s Cardiovascular Drugs, 9th Edition, is the definitive reference for quick access to frequently used drugs in all phases of care for cardiac patients. Now a part of the Braunwald family of renowned cardiology references, this compact title provides crucial information in an easily accessible format―ideal for cardiologists, residents, cardiology fellows, medical students, nurses, and other cardiac care providers. Updated to include the latest guidelines and evidence-based implications, it offers clear and concise explanations and pertinent clinical facts for all classes of cardiac drugs, as well as all the latest clinical trial results and evidence for the pharmacologic treatment of heart disease.

• Uses a new, consistent format for each drug class: overview and guidelines for use, mechanisms of action, differences among drugs in class, data for use, side effects, and drug interactions
• Covers key topics such as new ESC and NLA guidelines, advances in lipid-lowering therapy, new diabetes drugs that improve cardiovascular outcomes, obesity drugs and cardiovascular and metabolic effects, drugs targeting inflammation, and combinations of antithrombotic therapies with analysis of risk-benefit
• Provides guidance on how to effectively manage comorbid diseases
• Contains dozens of unique “Opiegram” diagrams that demystify complex mechanisms of action and other drug processes―many updated to reflect current pathologic understanding of mechanisms
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

About this title

About the Author

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, is Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A leading authority internationally on interventional cardiology in addition

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323673619
• ISBN 13: 9780323673617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720