Ivabradine: A ray of hope for inappropriate sinus tachycardia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1330-1332

  Scheinman, Melvin M ^a   Vedantham, Vasanth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drugs; inappropriate sinus tachycardia; ivabradine

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED ION CHANNEL 4; IVABRADINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS TONE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84867036080     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.032     Document Type: Editorial

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