Statins Understanding Clinical Use

This new book is written for the busy practitioner in mind, and covers the class of drugs as a whole. It discusses the benefits of statin use, and offers future perspectives on ancillary drug actions beyond cholesterol lowering. Leading expert Jawahar Mehta MD offers you top-notch guidance based on his research and extensive clinical experience - all in one compact source so you don't have to wade through piles of literature to find the information you want.




Features

Pharmacologic and clinical profiles that offer you rationales for using statins to treat a full range of problems.
Guidance on when to use statins as a treatment in non-cardiologic events, plus discussions of new therapeutic areas.
Coverage of some of the hottest topics in the field, including statins in the primary prevention of atherosclerosis related events, the effects of statins on C-reactive protein and statins and bone.




Contents
1. Statins- The discovery 2. Efficacy of statins in atherosclerosis- animal studies 3. Efficacy of statins in atherosclerosis- human studies 4. Statins and Coronary heart disease 5. Statins and stroke 6. Platelet inhibitory and anti-thrombotic effects of statins 7. Statins, nitric oxide and endothelial function 8. Statins as anti-oxidants 9. Different aspects of modulation of inflammation by statins 10. Different aspects of modulation of inflammation by statins 11. Different aspects of modulation of inflammation by statins 12. Different aspects of modulation of inflammation by statins 13. Bone preservation by statins 14. Statins and cancer 15. Statins and neo-vascularization