Description

This is a classic of cardiovascular medicine. In its newest edition Opie’s book is excellent in many ways: first, it is a small book, almost a pocket-book, and loaded with concise yet precise information. It is the kind of book you can put in your bag and you can believe it will be valuable anywhere, from the ICU to the ambulatory. There are many excellent chapters on drugs, all of them with an solid pharmacological basis, each chapter is an great review of the subject. But the best of this book is that it is very practical: it goes straight to the problems more commonly found in the cardiology office or in the ICU, with the big advantage of being small and portable. An must-have book for physicians interested in cardiology and in cardiovascular drugs pharmacology, also excellent for residents.