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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876704803321

Autore

Fogoros Richard N

Titolo

Antiarrhythmic drugs : a practical guide / / Richard N. Fogoros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Blackwell Futura, 2007

ISBN

1-281-06963-9

9786611069636

0-470-69252-9

0-470-76604-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

615.716

Soggetti

Myocardial depressants

Internal medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: New York: Blackwell Science, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Antiarrhythmic Drugs; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Basic principles; Chapter 1 Mechanisms of cardiac tachyarrhythmias; Chapter 2 Introduction to antiarrhythmic drugs; Part 2 Clinical features of antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 3 Class I antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 4 Class II antiarrhythmic drugs;  beta-blocking agents; Chapter 5 Class III antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 6 Class IV drugs: calcium-blocking agents; Chapter 7 Unclassified antiarrhythmic agents; Chapter 8 Investigational antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 9 Common adverse events with antiarrhythmic drugs

Part 3 Antiarrhythmic drugs in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias Chapter 10 Basic principles of using antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 11 Treatment of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias; Chapter 12 Treatment of ventricular arrhythmias; Chapter 13 Treatment of arrhythmias in pregnancy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

If you prescribe for patients with arrhythmias, you will want to keep this valuable paperback close at hand. The Second Edition of this valuable reference responds to changes in the available medications as well as in the way they are currently used.  The book reviews everything you need to understand and prescribe today's antiarrhythmic drugs: mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and how antiarrhythmic drugs alter



those arrhythmias, including common adverse effects which factors to consider in using these drugs for treatment of supraventricular tachyarrh