Clinical Trials in Heart Disease-2판-A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

Features

Focuses specifically on the knowledge derived from clinical
trials of cardiovascular disease.
Examines increasingly important topics such as "Evidence Based
Medicine" and "Outcome Analysis".
Furnishes a definitive review of clinical findings for treatment
and prevention measures essential to clinical decision making
and patient care.
Evaluates the effectiveness of preventive measures such as
cholesterol reduction, reducing blood pressure, smoking
cessation, and weight and stress reduction.
Illustrates how the clinical impact of new therapeutic
modalities require rigorous assessment in clinical trials to
judge the efficacy and safety of interventions.
Provides the understanding required to design, conduct, and
interpret cardiovascular treatment trials to prevent or delay
the development of cardiovascular disease





What's New

Important new information on adjunctive therapies
Device therapy trials and outcomes covered
Trial development section fully revised
New authored chapter on drug therapy for ventricular tachycardia
New section on Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure