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Pharmacotherapy

Known as: drug treatment (drug therapy), drug therapy treatment, Treatment With Medication 
Treatment with any substance, other than food, that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition.
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Administration of medicationAdverse reaction to drugBiological AvailabilityCare for Medication Side Effects

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Chelation TherapyChemotherapyCombination Drug TherapyDrug Utilization Review

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Therapeutic procedure

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
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There is little evidence to guide management of patients in ‘younger patients with hypertension’, that is, younger than the… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus conference recommendations on heart failure 2006: diagnosis and management.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Pharmacotherapy of addictions
Addiction to drugs, such as heroin, cocaine and alcohol, exacts great human and financial costs on society, but the development… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) study two-year follow-up: outcomes of patients randomized to initial strategies of medical therapy versus revascularization.
BACKGROUND Patients with ischemia during stress testing and ambulatory ECG monitoring have an increased risk of cardiac events… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Management of patients with atrial fibrillation. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals. From the Subcommittee on Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology, American Heart Association.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Its incidence increases with… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Blood pressure, antihypertensive drug treatment and the risks of stroke and of coronary heart disease.
Most evidence about the effects of blood pressure on the risks of cardiovascular disease derives from two principal sources… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Symptoms, Adverse Effects, and Complications Associated With Dobutamine Stress. Echocardiography Experience in 1118 Patients
BackgroundThe use of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the evaluation of coronary artery disease is rapidly expanding. New… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Precordial QT Interval Dispersion as a Marker of Torsade de Pointes: Disparate Effects of Class Ta Antiarrhythmic Drugs and Amiodarone
BackgroundPatients with a history of class Ia drug-induced torsade de pointes have been treated with chronic amiodarone without… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Cholinergic mechanisms in learning, memory and dementia: a review of recent evidence
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Human dopamine D1 receptor encoded by an intronless gene on chromosome 5
RECEPTORS for dopamine have been classified into two functional types, D1 and D2 (refs 1,2). They belong to the family of… 
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