TY - BOOK ID - 4862855 TI - Pharmacotherapy in Aortic Disease AU - Evangelista, Arturo. AU - Nienaber, Christoph A. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319095554 3319095544 9783319095547 3319095552 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Cardiology. KW - Pharmacotherapy. KW - Cardiac Surgery. KW - Medicine. KW - Heart KW - Médecine KW - Cardiologie KW - Coeur KW - Surgery. KW - Chirurgie KW - Heart_xSurgery. KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Aorta KW - Cardiovascular pharmacology. KW - Diseases. KW - Cardiovascular system KW - Drug effects KW - Effect of drugs on KW - Cardiac surgery. KW - Pharmacology KW - Cardiac surgery KW - Open-heart surgery KW - Internal medicine KW - Diseases KW - Surgery KW - Drug therapy KW - Pharmacotherapy KW - Therapeutics KW - Drugs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4862855 AB - This book is driven by the considerable progress made by novel imaging techniques in understanding the pathophysiology and evolution of aortic disease and its diagnosis. Despite the lack of symptoms in stable conditions, most aortic diseases have a high morbidity and mortality. New therapeutic strategies such as endovascular treatment and surgical techniques have appeared to improve conventional surgery in advanced phases of the disease, but until recently, medical treatment has focused on the control of cardiovascular risk factors using beta-blockers to reduce aortic wall stress by reducing blood pressure and heart rate. Pharmacotherapy in Aortic Disease updates the reader on the new medical treatment that are changing the natural history of these diseases. Leading experts have created a critical in-depth, yet concise, analysis of the available medical treatments for different aortic disease entities. Both basic research studies and clinical trials discussed in this book serve as a base for improving therapeutic management, delaying the need for surgery, and prolonging survival in these patients. ER -