Cardiac Drug Therapy

This book is an essential guide to the medical treatment of the cardiac patient and presents core principles of cardiovascular therapeutics as well as drug recommendations. Major classes of drugs are featured, including beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, calc

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Series Editor: Christopher P. Cannon

M. Gabriel Khan

Cardiac Drug Therapy 8th Edition

CONTEMPORARY CARDIOLOGY CHRISTOPHER P. CANNON, MD SERIES EDITOR

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M. Gabriel Khan

Cardiac Drug Therapy 8th Edition

M. Gabriel Khan, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (London), FACC University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, ON, Canada

ISSN 2196-8969 ISSN 2196-8977 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-61779-961-7 ISBN 978-1-61779-962-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-962-4 Springer Totowa Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014952818 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is a brand of Springer Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To My wife Brigid and to our Children Susan, Christine, Yasmin, Jacqueline, Stephen, and Natasha And to our Grandchildren Sarah, Patrick, Emma, Kathleen, Michael, Roxanna, Fiona, Jaxson, James, Fraea, Esmé, Jordan, and Joshua

Preface

Several foreign translations and favorable reviews of earlier editions provided the impetus to produce an eighth edition of Cardiac Drug Therapy. Here is a review of the fifth edition in Clinical Cardiology: “this is an excellent book. It succeeds in being practical while presenting the major e