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About Therapeutic Guidelines
Getting to know your drugs
Analgesic
Antibiotic
Cardiovascular
    Contributors
    Getting to know your cardiovascular drugs
       Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
       Angiotensin II receptor blockers
       Beta blockers
       Calcium channel blockers
       Diuretics
       Other antihypertensive drugs
       Antiarrhythmic drugs
          Mechanism of action and classification
          Adverse effects
          Class I
          Class II
          Class III
          Class IV
          Other antiarrhythmic drugs
             Adenosine
             Atropine
             Digoxin
       Nitrates
       Nicorandil
       Digoxin
       Sympathomimetic drugs
       Lipid lowering drugs
       Anticoagulants
       Antiplatelet drugs
       Thrombolytic drugs
       Drugs for nicotine dependence
       Fish oil (omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids)
       Other drugs used in cardiovascular disease
    Cardiovascular disease risk reduction
    Assessment and treatment of smoking
    Dyslipidaemia
    Hypertension
    Coronary ischaemic syndromes
    Heart failure
    Arrhythmias
    Venous thromboembolism
    Peripheral arterial disease
    Noncardiac surgery in patients with cardiovascular disease
    Syncope
    Hypertension and other cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
    Pulmonary hypertension
    Useful sources of information (Appendix 3.1)
    List of tables, boxes and figure
    Key references
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Endocrinology
Gastrointestinal
Neurology
Oral and Dental
Palliative Care
Psychotropic
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Developmental Disability
Drug use in pregnancy and breastfeeding