Possible heart failure exacerbation associated with pregabalin: Case discussion and literature review

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 922-925

  Robert Lee Page, I I ^a   Cantu, Mona ^a   Lindenfeld, Joann ^a   Hergott, Lawrence J ^a   Lowes, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Congestive; G aminobutyric acid; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; CITALOPRAM; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DOCUSATE SODIUM; FERROUS SULFATE; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LISINOPRIL; LORAZEPAM; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; PERINDOPRIL; PRAMIPEXOLE; PRAVASTATIN; PREGABALIN; RABEPRAZOLE; SALBUTAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA;

EID: 55249086325     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282fb7629     Document Type: Article

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