Cardiac Drug Development Guide

Cardiac Drug Development Guide outlines in detail the therapeutics of cardiac medicine currently at the cutting edge of scientific research and development around the world. This volume integrates basic and clinical cardiac pharmacology by c- bining for the first time both classical and molecular aspects of therapeutic drug development. The chapters comprise a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas and hence involve a comprehensive discussion of molecular biochemical and electrophy- ological concepts based on years of in vitro as well as in vivo pharmacological st- ies. In addition the latter part of the book includes comprehensive clinical cardiac chapters that describe important topics in molecular medicine. These chapters also discuss current clinical therapeutic trends in medicine and provide an evaluation of the efficacy of novel drugs in these areas. Cardiac Drug Development Guide has many distinctive and outstanding features that set it apart from other cardiac pharmacology books. This book introduces topics in an easily understandable format for researchers in many varying disciplines by integrating and thereby simplifying concepts not usually discussed across a broad range of cardiac disciplines and in a highly technical field. Each chapter not only introduces and describes the physiology pharmacology and pathophysiology of the disease but also overviews the clinical implications of drug development what stages these areas are currently in and also reviews some of the methodologies involved in drug discovery and development. As a result this book provides a comprehensive overview of the most advanced procedures in cardiac pharmacology today.