(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Overview Acute coronary syndrome [ACS = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina] is a…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Results that dictate a reduction in end points observed in a few hallmark and other recent randomized clinical trials…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Acromegaly Enlargement of the heart, premature coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure, hypertension, intraventricular conduction defects, and cardiac arrhythmias…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Infective endocarditis (IE) most often results from bacterial infection, but infections caused by fungi, Coxiella, or Chlamydia are not…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada This chapter tells you Which beta-blocker is best for your patients. The pharmacodynamic reasons why atenolol is a relatively…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada The Size of the Problem The world faces an epidemic of heart failure (HF). The plague of HF is…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Apixaban Patients with AF have a fivefold increased risk of stroke, particularly in patients with valvular heart disease and…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Relevant Key Issues There are more than one billion individuals with hypertension worldwide; the number is predicted to grow…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Sudden cardiac death accounts for >50 % of all coronary artery disease deaths and 15–20 % of all deaths…
(1) University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Several cardiac drugs manifest some form of interaction with each other or with noncardiac drugs. It is of paramount…
