Publication Year: 2010
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: Cruickshank, John Malcolm
Publisher: People's Medical Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-60-795108-7
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score: 85The book provides a concise, much-needed update of the use of beta-blockers in the cardiovascular area (particularly hypertension and heart failure).
It uncovers the clinical inaccuracies of how the UK NICE Committee have got it wrong in their recent pronouncements on BBs and hypertension. Beta-blockers (BBs) are a large and important family of therapeutic agents with primary use is in cardiovascular medicine. Therapeutic areas include: Ischemic Heart Disease, Hypertension, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias.
Modern Role of Beta-Blockers in Cardiovascular Medicine, The