Topics in Cardiovascular version 5

Getting to know your drugs
Cardiovascular disease risk reduction
Assessment and treatment of smoking
Dyslipidaemia
Hypertension
Coronary ischaemic syndromes
Heart failure
Arrhythmias
Venous thromboembolism
Peripheral arterial disease
Noncardiac surgery in patients with cardiovascular disease
Syncope
Hypertension and other cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Pulmonary hypertension

Getting to know your drugs

• Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
• Angiotensin II receptor blockers
• Beta blockers
• Calcium channel blockers
• Diuretics
• Other antihypertensive drugs
• Antiarrhythmic drugs
• Nitrates
• Nicorandil
• Digoxin
• Sympathomimetic drugs
• Lipid lowering drugs
• Anticoagulants
• Antiplatelet drugs
• Thrombolytic drugs
• Drugs for nicotine dependence
• Fish oil (omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids)
• Other drugs used in cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease risk reduction

• Interventions to reduce risk

Assessment and treatment of smoking

• The 5A framework
• Pharmacological interventions to help reduce smoking

Dyslipidaemia

• General management
• Pharmacological management
• Children

Hypertension

• Nonpharmacological management
• Pharmacological management

Coronary ischaemic syndromes

• Acute chest pain
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Stable angina
• Coronary artery stents
• Cardiac rehabilitation

Heart failure

• Prevention
• Causes and specific therapies
• Precipitating or exacerbating factors
• Management
• Acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
• Arrhythmias in heart failure

Arrhythmias

• Atrial tachyarrhythmias
• Ventricular tachyarrhythmias
• Cardiac arrest
• Bradyarrhythmias

Venous thromboembolism

• Prevention of venous thromboembolism
• Treatment of deep vein thrombosis
• Pulmonary embolism
• Failure of anticoagulation / contraindication to anticoagulation
• Superficial thrombophlebitis
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Peripheral arterial disease

• Atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease
• Cholesterol embolism
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Inadvertent intra-arterial injection
• Large vessel vasculitis

Noncardiac surgery in patients with cardiovascular disease

• Assessment
• Preoperative and perioperative management

Syncope

• Syncope in children
• Syncope in the elderly
• Evaluation strategy
• Treatment of syncope
• Special considerations

Hypertension and other cardiovascular disease in pregnancy

• Pre-pregnancy assessment and counselling
• Hypertension
• Other cardiovascular disease

Pulmonary hypertension

• Classification
• Assessment
• Treatment

Electronic version

Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular is available in electronic format as part of eTG complete.