Drug Treatments for Heart Disease

Effective drug treatments for heart disease can help lower blood pressure or cholesterol, prevent or dissolve blood clots, relieve and prevent angina symptoms or improve the strength or rhythm of the heart's contractions.

Follow the links below to find information relating to drug treatments for heart disease.

Updated January 2008

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Title:   Lowering cholesterol
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Lowering the person's cholesterol will lower their risk of heart disease.
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   How to treat hypercholesterolaemia
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Elevated LDL cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and is the major target of therapy to prevent coronary events.
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   Angina treatments
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Most angina medications either make the heart pump more slowly or improve blood flow to the heart.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Heart disease and HT
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   The Jean Hailes Foundation answers your questions about the findings of the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen plus Progestin Study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine August 7, 2003.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Congestive heart failure
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to satisfy the needs of the body. The most common cause of congestive heart failure is coronary heart disease. Treatment options include medications, lifestyle changes and surgery.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Treating blocked arteries (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   When a coronary artery gets blocked it can cause a heart attack. After a blockage is removed a device called a stent may be used to keep the artery open.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Antiplatelet therapy after coronary occlusion
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Platelets are pivotal in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome and in the complications following the implantation of coronary stents.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Triglycerides
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about triglycerides, a type of fat found in your blood.
Date:   Mar 2007

Title:   Heart failure overview
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Heart failure means the heart has a reduced ability to pump blood around the body.
Date:   Jul 2006

Title:   Amiodarone
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug available. It is a difficult and challenging drug to use in clinical practice. This is because of its very prolonged half-life and because of its multiple adverse effects.
Date:   Dec 2005

Title:   Use of evidence-based management for acute coronary syndrome
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This study compared the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for patients admitted to Dunedin Coronary Care with evidence-based recommendations from the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association in 1999 and 2002 and with management reported in international and local registries.
Date:   Oct 2005

Title:   Non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: New Zealand Management Guidelines
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   These guidelines apply to the management of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS). The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a summary of the most up to date New Zealand and overseas evidence and to make recommendations based on the evidence that will lead to the best practice for patients with NSTEACS in New Zealand.
Date:   Oct 2005

Title:   Angina
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Many heart attack sufferers will have experienced the warning sign known as angina.
Date:   Aug 2005

Title:   Lipid management
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   The Heart Foundation produces a comprehensive range of independent, evidence-based cardiovascular health information. Documents include Position Statement on Lipid Management (2005).
Date:   Jan 2005

Title:   Heart failure in an elderly man
Publisher:   Clinical Management and Treatment Education (CLIMATE)
Description:   Heart failure means that the heart pumps blood less efficiently. This is a preview of the CLIMATE treatment program for heart failure in an elderly man.
Date:   Dec 2004

Title:   Guidelines for pre-hospital administration of fibrinolytic therapy by New Zealand general practitioners
Publisher:   Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Description:   These guidelines have been developed in consultation with the Ministry of Health (NZ) to ensure equity of access to fibrinolytic therapy (previously known as thrombolytic therapy) throughout New Zealand.
Date:   Mar 2004

Title:   Heart attack
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when the arterial blood supply to the heart muscle is blocked.
Date:   Mar 2003

Title:   Cisapride: more restrictions
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   There are few gastrointestinal conditions which require treatment with cisapride. It should only be tried if patients with gastroparesis or severe gastro-oesophageal reflux have not responded to other drugs.
Date:   Dec 2002

Title:   A guideline for the management of heart failure: health professionals guide
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation (NZ)
Description:   This guideline makes recommendations relating to the management of patients with an established diagnosis of congestive heart failure due to systolic ventricular dysfunction. Management of diastolic dysfunction is not included.
Date:   Dec 2001

Title:   The WHO MONICA study, Australia, 1984-1993: a summary of the Newcastle and Perth MONICA projects
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report documents rates and trends of coronary events, data on the use of medical treatment before, during and after hospitalisation (including information on drug treatments), and population levels of the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease.
Date:   Oct 2001
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