120 years of nitrate therapy : prepared for the next millennium /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Holubarsch, Ch, Lüscher, Thomas F. (Thomas Felix)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.
Subjects:	Nitrates > therapeutic use. Cardiovascular Agents > therapeutic use. Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors > therapeutic use. Heart Diseases > drug therapy. Isosorbide Dinitrate > therapeutic use. Nitrates > pharmacology.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Ch.J.F. Holubarsch, T.F. Lüscher
Role of nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system / L.J. Ignarro
From an explosive to the endogenous nitrate: historical, physiological and clinical aspects / T.F. Lüscher, F. Ruschitzka, G. Noll
The role of nitrates in the therapy of congestive heart failure / Ch.J.F. Holubarsch
Long-term oral treatment with nitrates - what is important? / M. Khan
Alternatives in long-term nitrate therapy / S. Ghio, C. Raineri
The Yin and Yang of nitric oxide, or: the importance of vascular control in acute ischaemia and decrease in cardiac output / G. Cotter
Economic impact of Elantan LA compared to Tenormin and Tildiem LA in the treatment of stable angina in the UK / T. Baxter, A. Rehe
Quality of life in angina therapy: focus on the beneficial effects of nitrates / M.G. Niemeyer ... [et al.]
New trends in interventional cardiology / P.G. Steg.