This pocket reference to drugs for the heart is intended to facilitate quick access to drug/dosage for particular diseases. It covers modes of action, pharmacokinetics, indications, side effects, drug interactions, and precautions and also includes new material on the use of thrombolytic agents and lipid-lowering drugs, new inotropic agents, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and antiarrhythmic agents. The book also covers beta-blockers, nitrates, digitalis, sympathomimetics, diuretics, vasodilating drugs and more.