Single dose ivabradine versus intravenous metoprolol for heart rate reduction before coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in patients receiving long-term calcium channel-blocker therapy.

CONCLUSION: Single dose ivabradine is safe and significantly more effective than i.v. metoprolol in decreasing HR in patients under calcium channel-blocker therapy. PMID: 24052362 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24052362?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Radiologica - September 19, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Celik O, Atasoy M, Ertürk M, Yalçin A, Aksu H, Diker M, Aktürk I, Atasoy I Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research