Ranolazine: Clinical applications and therapeutic basis

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-16

  Hawwa, Nael ^a   Menon, Venu ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; DRONEDARONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INDINAVIR; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NEFAZODONE; NELFINAVIR; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; RANOLAZINE; RIFAMPICIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; SIMVASTATIN; VERAPAMIL;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GRAPEFRUIT JUICE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NAUSEA; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINUS RHYTHM; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETANILIDES; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PIPERAZINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 84874075993     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40256-012-0003-2     Document Type: Review

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