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Angina pectoris is a common condition and therefore consumes significant healthcare resources, The WHO estimates that it will be the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide by 2010 Angina Pectoris in Clinical Practice provides the clinician with a guide to the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients suffering from stable and unstable angina. ... Read more

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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to angina pectoris. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to angina pectoris.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.Download Description
This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to angina pectoris. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to angina pectoris.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. ... Read more

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Although there are many books on angina, few are devoted to theimportant problem of how to evaluate drug efficacy in angina pectoris.Drug Evaluation in Angina Pectoris has two fundamental aims: thefirst is to review the methodological aspects of drug evaluation instable and unstable angina pectoris; the second is to provide alogical and methodological background for future studies aimed atassessing the ability of medical treatment to improve prognosis.
Part I updates the pathophysiology, clinical presentation andprognosis of angina pectoris. Part II aims to `put in numbers' thesymptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia, starting from a revision ofthe currently used parameters. It is extremely important to quantifythe variability of the disease for the correct design of clinicaltrial, a subject dealt with in Part III, which also discusses someclinico-pharmacological aspects of therapy. Part IV is a criticalreview of the drugs currently used for the treatment of stable andunstable angina, and particularly considers some important unresolvedissues concerning their use. The current FDA and EC guidelines for theevaluation of antianginal drugs are briefly discussed in Part V,giving clinical investigators insight into how antianginal drugs areevaluated by regulatory agencies and what is considered as proof of avalid efficacy/tolerability ratio.
Drug Evaluation in Angina Pectoris will assist discerningcardiologists, pharmacologists, and advanced students of cardiology aswell as innovative pharmaceutical companies, all of whom need tounderstand what angina is, how to evaluate treatment, and how to judgethe agents used in its treatment.
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Background: Health effects of air pollution have been studied in many different parts of the world. Although a fairly large number of studies have explored the cardiovascular impacts of air pollution, because of its unique location we studied the association between air pollutants and hospital admissions due to angina pectoris in Tehran for the first time. Methods: This is a retrospective time-series study. The variables of the study include the levels of five air pollutants-nitrogen dioxide (NO"2), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O"3), sulfur dioxide (SO"2), and particulate matter <10@mm in aerodynamic diameter (PM"1"0)-as independent variables; daily hospitalizations due to angina pectoris in 25 academic hospitals in Tehran as the dependent variable; and mean daily temperature and humidity, seasonality, time trend, and day of the week as potential confounders. All variables were measured during a 5-year period from 21 March 1996 to 20 March 2001. The data of mean daily levels of NO"2, CO, O"3, SO"2, and PM"1"0 were collected from one of the stations of Tehran's Air Quality Control Corp. Data were analyzed using Poisson regression models. Relative risks of angina pectoris admissions were calculated for an increase in 1mg/m^3 for CO and 10@mg/m^3 for the other pollutants. Results: Daily admissions due to angina pectoris were significantly related to the CO level, after controlling for confounder effects. Each unit increase in the CO level caused a 1.00934 increase in the number of admissions (95% CI, 1.00359-1.01512). This association was verified with a lag of 1 day. There was no significant association between the other air pollutants and the number of daily admission due to angina pectoris. Conclusions: We found that with increasing levels of the pollutant CO, the number of admissions due to cardiac angina rose. Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in Iran. Air pollution control will reduce the number of this preventable disease and resulting deaths. ... Read more

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See exactly what's happening inside patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and angina pectoris, and know exactly what it means for your nursing care.In just 30 minutes, you'll get a wealth of practical information on every clinically relevant aspect of these two disorders.You'll be able to:h identify key risk factors for CADh differentiate between stable and unstable angina, their pathophysiologies, and treatmentsh understand how CAD affects internal structures and processesh recognize signs and symptoms of CAD and angina, and link your assessment findings to what's happening inside your patient's bodyh detect complications and intervene before they reach a crisis pointh explain to patients how diagnostic tests reveal CAD and potential risk factors, and how drugs and surgery help treat CAD and reduce angina painh teach patients with CAD and angina how to care for themselves and improve their quality of life ... Read more

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Their excellent record of efficacy and safety has lednonselective beta-blockers to become one of the commonly prescribedclass of drugs for the treatment of hypertension and angina pectorisand for the prevention of myocardial infarction. Hitherto, differentclasses of beta-blockers have been considered to be equally effectivein the treatment of such conditions, but Beta-Blockers inHypertension and Angina Pectoris provides evidence that thisis not the case. Recent data from the literature, coupled withdouble-blind controlled studies by the author, lead to the conclusionthat beta-1-selective beta-blockers are more effective thannonselective compounds in the treatment of both conditions.Beta-1-selective beta-blockers with additional beta-2-mediatedvasodilatory properties may be even more effective in the treatment ofpatients with unstable angina pectoris.
Audience: All physicians involved with the treatment of patientswith cardiovascular conditions. Of particular interest to generalpractitioners.
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