LibGuides: Pharmacy: Cardiovascular Diseases

Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery System by Loyd V. Allen
Call Number: QV 785 A427a 2018
Available online.
Applied Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics by Leon Shargel; Susanna Wu-Pong; Andrew BC Yu
Call Number: QV 38 S531 2012
2012
Please ask for the book by call number at the Circulation desk.
Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Concepts & Applications by Malcolm Rowland; Thomas N Tozer
Call Number: QV 38 R883 2011
2011
Available online.
Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs & Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests by Amitava Dasgupta; Catherine A Hammett-Stabler
2011
Available online.
Introduction to Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: The Quantitative Basis of Drug Therapy by Thomas N Tozer; Malcolm Rowland
Call Number: QV 38 T757i 2006
2006
Martin's Physical Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences: Physical Chemical & Biopharmaceutical Principles in the Pharmaceutical Sciences by Patrick J Sinko
Call Number: QD 453 M379 2017
2017
Please ask for the book by call number at the Circulation desk.
Wilson & Gisvold's Textbook of Organic Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Charles Owens Wilson; John Marlowe Beale; John H Block
Call Number: QV 744 W754 2011
2011
Please ask for the book by call number at the Circulation desk.

Textbooks

Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy: A Point-of-Care Guide by Michael A Crouch
Call Number: WG 39 C2677 2010
2010
Cardiovascular Physiology by David E Mohrman; Lois Jane Heller
2018
Available online
Disease & Drug Consult: Cardiovascular Disorders
2010
Available online
Hurst's the Heart by Robert Harrington; Richard Walsh; Valentin Fuster; Zubin J. Eapen; Jagat Narula
2017
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Meyler's Side Effects of Cardiovascular Drugs by JK Aronson
Call Number: QV 150 M61384 2008
2008
Available online

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Arrhythmias

Canadian Guidelines:

Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference: Atrial Fibrillation (2018) (PDF)

Other Guidelines:

Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2019)

ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (2006)

Guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: full text: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation) developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. (2006)

Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias - executive summary. A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (2003)

Atrial Fibrillation

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Cardiology Practice Guidelines for Pharmacists

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Congestive Heart Failure

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Dyslipidemia & Lifestyle Modification

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult (2016)

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Heart Failure

Canadian Guidelines:

Howlett JG, McKelvie RS, Costigan J for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure update: Heart failure in ethnic minority populations, heart failure and pregnancy, disease management, and quality improvement/assurance programs. Can J Cardiol. 2010 Apr;26(4):185-202. Review.
Howlett JG, McKelvie RS, Arnold JM et al for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference guidelines on heart failure, update 2009: diagnosis and management of right-sided heart failure, myocarditis, device therapy and recent important clinical trials. Can J Cardiol. 2009 Feb;25(2):86-105.
Malcom J, Arnold O, Howlett JG et al for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference guidelines on heart failure - 2008 update: best practices for the transition of care of heart failure patients, and the recognition, investigation and treatment of cardiomyopathies. Can J Cardiol. 2008 Jan;24(1):21-40.
Arnold JM, Howlett JG, Dorian P et al. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference recommendations on heart failure update 2007: Prevention, management during intercurrent illness or acute decompensation, and use of biomarkers. Can J Cardiol. 2007 Jan;23(1):21-45.

Other Guidelines:

Hypertension

Canadian Guidelines:

Canadian Hypertension Education Progream (CHEP):Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension (2016)

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Ischemic Heart Disease & Coronary Artery Disease - General

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease (2014)

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Stable Angina Pectoris

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society & Canadian Pain Society:Management of Patients With Refractory Angina (2012)

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Acute Coronary Syndrome

Canadian Guidelines:

Canadian Cardiovascular Society: The 2019 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Acute Management of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Focused Update (2019)

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Peripheral Vascular Disease

ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Primary Prevention

Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V et al. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease) developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association: endorsed by the American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Society for Women's Health Research. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1364-405. PubMed PMID: 19778679.

Secondary Prevention

Becker RC, Meade TW, Berger PB et al. The primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).Chest. 2008 Jun;133(6 Suppl):776S-814S.

Metabolic Syndrome

International Guidelines:

Alberti KG, Eckel RH, Grundy SM et al. Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity. Circulation. 2009 Oct 20; 120(16):1640-5. Epub 2009 Oct 5.
Graham I, Atar D, Borch-Johnsen K et al. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: full text. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies adn by invited experts). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Sep;14 Suppl 2:S1-113.
Graham I, Atar D, Borch-Johnsen K et al. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Sep;14 Suppl 2:E1-40.

Venous Thromboembolism

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Drug Information & Clinical Tools

Dynamed
Dynamed contains clinically-oriented, evidence-based summaries written by medical experts for point-of-care use by physicians, medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and other health care professionals.
BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Best Practice combines the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach and covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. BMJ Best Practice gives medical professionals the best available information for any clinical situation. Regularly updated, it draws on the latest evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

Health Canada's Drug Product Database
Search the Drug Product Database (DPD) to find drugs authorized for sale by Health Canada. The DPD is updated nightly and includes availability of the drug in Canada, product monograph (PM) for human drugs, and labels for animal drugs.

Lexi-Comp Online with AHFS (Medicine)
Lexi-Comp Online is a comprehensive drug information source and clinical, point-of-care tool. Lexi-Comp®ONLINE™ offers access to a variety of clinical databases.
Micromedex
Summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and acute/emergency care. Includes access to Martindale and RED book. Clinical use not permitted
Natural Medicines
Formerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.
CPS (formerly called RxTx)
E-therapeutics+ includes the following products: Therapeutics, based on the publication "Therapeutic Choices", edited by Jean Gray, e-CPS Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties, Lexi-Interact Online, a drug interactions program, patient information and e-Therapeutics Mobile offering two applications for your handheld devices.
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology Online
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology Online presents the fundamentals of psychopharmacology and includes the ability to search within Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology and the Essential Psychopharmacology Prescriber’s Guide plus a Prescriber's Guide, illustrations and tables to download, drug interaction information, and more.
VisualDx
VisualDx is a diagnostic clinical decision support system which combines high-quality, peer-reviewed medical images and concise, actionable information to assist in the accurate recognition and management of disease. Health care professionals can input visual clues, symptoms, and patient history to help make the correct diagnosis.
The mobile app for VisualDx now includes a DermExpert AI feature that provides diagnosis support based on user-generated photos. These temporary photos are not stored in the app or mobile device, nor are they shared to any other server. It is still advised to not include any personally identifying features in images used with this feature.

Mind the Gap: A Handbook of Clinical Signs in Black and Brown Skin

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Available online via Micromedex
Pharmacotherapy Handbook by Cecily DiPiro; Terry Schwinghammer; Joseph DiPiro; Barbara Wells
Call Number: WB 39 P536 2017
2017
Older editions available online.
Stockley's Drug Interactions : a Source Book of Interactions, Their Mechanisms, Clinical Importance, and Management by Claire Preston; Ivan Stockley
2017
Applied Therapeutics: the Clinical Use of Drugs by Caroline Zeind; Michael Carvalho
Call Number: WB 330 A651 2018
2018
Conn's Current Therapy 2017 by Edward Bope; Howard Conn; Rick Kellerman
2017
Available online
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics by Laurence Brunton; Randa Hilal-Dandan; Björn Knollmann
2018
Available online
Guide to Diagnostic Tests by Diana Nicoll; Chuanyi Mark Lu; Stephen McPhee
2017
Available online
Litt's Drug Eruption and Reaction Manual 24E by Jerome Litt; Neil Shear
2017
Available online
Poisoning and Drug Overdose by Kent Olson; Ilene Anderson
2018
Available online

Food Chemicals Codex Online
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
USP-NF Online
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
USP Dictionary
Additional username & password required. Please scroll to locate this resource and enter the associated username and password after clicking on the link.
IWK Compounding Formulas
This free resource from the IWK Pharmacy Department includes a list of the most common non-sterile compounding formulas prepared by the IWK Pharmacy.
SickKids Compounding Service
This free resource from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) includes a compounding recipe index.
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
1997-present
Online Access

Compounding Sterile Preparations by E Clyde Buchanan; Philip Schneider; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
2018
Available online
Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients by Paul Sheskey; Walter Cook; Colin Cable
2017
Available online
Handbook on Injectable Drugs by Gerald K McEvoy
2017
Available online
Also available online through RxTx
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Available online via Micromedex
Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations by Lawrence Trissel; Lisa Ashworth; Jay Ashworth; American Pharmacists Association
2018
Available online

Canada:

Nova Scotia Pharmacare Formulary
The Nova Scotia Formulary details which drugs and devices are benefits under the Pharmacare Programs. It is updated monthly.
New Brunswick Formulary
A list of the drugs which are eligible benefits under the NB Drug Plans (New Brunswick Prescription Drug Program and New Brunswick Drug Plan).
Newfoundland and Labrador Formulary
A list of commonly used drugs which have therapeutic equivalence to a reference product, and are listed alphabetically by generic name.
PEI Pharmacare Formulary
A list of prescription medications and medical supplies approved for coverage through PEI Pharmacare. The formulary is reviewed and updated continuously.
Alberta Drug Benefit List.
A list of prescription drugs and drug products covered by the ministry's supplemental health plans. Presented in both interactive (searchable) and printable formats.
British Columbia Pharmacare Formulary Search
This search includes information on medications that PharmaCare covers, as well as some medications that PharmaCare has reviewed but does not cover.
Manitoba Drug Benefits and Interchangeability Formulary
A list of drugs that have been approved as eligible benefits under the Pharmacare drug benefit program.
Ontario Formulary
A list of prescription drug products that are eligible for coverage under the Ontario Drug Benefit program.
Quebec List of Medications
A list of prescription drugs that covered by the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
Saskatchewan Formulary Database
An online and searchable database of the drugs that are covered by the Saskatchewan Drug Plan.
Northwest Territories & Nunavut Drug Benefit List
A list of the drugs provided as a benefit by the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program.
Yukon Drug Formulary
An online and searchable database of drugs that are covered under Yukon's drug plans.

International:

British National Formulary
2018
Available online
Please note: this resource can be accessed by 1 user at a time

Lexi-Comp Online
Includes audio clips.
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
Includes audio clips.
Merck Manual - Home edition
Includes audio clips.

Pharmacy

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