1st Edition
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Evidence-Based Solutions for Clinical Practice
PART I – Cardiovascular Drugs and Clinical Applications
1. Anti-Anginal Drugs
Enrico Orsini and Mario Marzilli
2. Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs
Giuseppe Boriani and Enrico Tartaglia
3. Antithrombotic Drugs
Claudio Laudani, Luis Ortega-Paz and Dominick J. Angiolillo
4. Beta-Blockers
Prakriti Gaba, Rishi Virani and William E. Boden
5. Calcium-Channel Blockers
Maddalena Rossi, Valentina Jahnsen and Gianfranco Sinagra
6. Diuretics
Antonio Greco, Carmelo Raffo and Davide Capodanno
7. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists
Arturo Cesaro, Vincenzo Acerbo and Paolo Calabrò
8. Lipid-Lowering Drugs
Abhaynijit Singh and Steven E. Nissen
9. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor
Vincenzo Nuzzi, Giacomo Tini and Antonio Cannata
10. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors
Luca Monzo, Nicolas Girerd and Faiez Zannad
PART II – Integrated Disease Management: Practical Approaches
11. Coronary Artery Disease
Christiaan J.M. Vrints
12. Arrhythmias
Andrea Giovanni Parato, Vincenzo Mirco La Fazia, Giuseppe Stifano and Andrea Natale
13. Cardiomyopathies
Juan Pablo Kaski, Gabrielle Norrish and Douglas Cannie
14. Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
Giuseppe Patti and Leonardo Grisafi
15. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
Christian Basile, Francesco Orso and Aldo Pietro Maggioni
16. Dyslipidemias
François Mach and Kapka Miteva
17. Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock
Serena Ambrosi, Michele Legati, Andrea Montisci and Marianna Adamo
18. Hypertension
Massimo Volpe, Giovanna Gallo and Giuliano Tocci
19. Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases
Massimo Imazio
20. Pulmonary Hypertension
Giovanna Manzi, Roberto Badagliacca, Tommaso Recchioni and Carmine Dario Vizza
21. Stroke
Virginia Cancelloni and Maurizio Paciaroni
Biography
Antonio Greco
Dr. Antonio Greco, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico—San Marco", University of Catania (Catania, Italy). He earned his MD (Medicine and Surgery) and PhD (Translational Biomedicine) degrees at the University of Catania (Catania, Italy). He also completed an advanced university course on Biomedical Statistics Applied to Research in the Human Field at the University of Palermo (Palermo, Italy) and a Second Level Master’s Degree (Advanced Biostatistics for Clinical Research) at the University of Padua (Padua, Italy).
Dr. Greco is the recipient of a highly competitive research grant funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. He has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and contributed to multiple chapters and textbooks in the field of cardiology. He has served as a scientific consultant for the European Commission and as a volunteer for the European Society of Cardiology. Dr. Greco has delivered over 30 invited lectures at national and international scientific meetings. His research activities mainly focus on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, antithrombotic therapy, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease prevention.
Davide Capodanno
Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Catania, Director of the Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Diseases, and Director of the Cardiology Division at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico “G. Rodolico–San Marco” in Catania, Italy. He earned his MD and PhD from the University of Catania and completed advanced research training at the University of Florida, Jacksonville.
Dr. Capodanno has authored more than 750 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to five textbooks and multiple chapters in interventional cardiology. He has delivered more than 400 invited lectures at international scientific meetings, including ESC, ACC, EuroPCR, TCT, and TCTAP. His research focuses on coronary revascularization, antithrombotic therapy, clinical trial methodology, and biostatistics.
