Safety, efficacy, and indications of β-adrenergic receptor blockade to reduce heart rate prior to coronary CT angiography

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 614-623

  Mahabadi, Amir A ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^b   Burgstahler, Christof ^c   Dill, Thorsten ^d   Fischbach, Roman ^e   Knez, Andreas ^f   Moshage, Werner ^g   Richartz, Barbara M ^h   Ropers, Dieter ^b   Schröder, Stephen ⁱ   Silber, Sigmund ^h   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^e ASKLEPIOS KLINIK ALTONA   (Germany)

^f Krankenhaus Weilheim   (Germany)

^g Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

^h Heart Diagnostic Center   (Germany)

ⁱ KLINIK AM EICHERT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALUMINUM SALT; ATENOLOL; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DILTIAZEM; ESMOLOL; IVABRADINE; METOPROLOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE REDUCTION; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS NODE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; X RAY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649654338     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100140     Document Type: Review

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