Clinical Trials in Heart Disease: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

This new edition covers important new trials in cardiology therapies and prevention of cardiovascular problems. The world authorities on pharmacologic clinical trials write about the trials, the outcomes and importance for clinical practice.This book gives the general cardiologist insight into the development of new therapies in cardiology as well as the process of how trials were used for those therapies. In addition to providing a manual for how to establish trials, trials for treatment and prevention are covered.Evidence-based research to guide clinical practice.Coverage of treatment trials including Glycoprotein IIb/IIa receptor inhibitors, aspirin, drug therapies for arrhythmias, and pacing.Expanded section on prevention of cardiac diseaseCovers both prevention and treatment.Data and Safety Monitoring Boards in Randomized TrialsCoronary Artery Bypass SurgeryImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization TherapyPostmenopausal Hormone Therapy