| Literature DB >> 18846042 |
G Heusch1.
Abstract
The bradycardic agent ivabradine has proved to be of benefit in experimental models with the end points of ischaemic myocardial blood flow and contractile function, infarct size, post-infarct remodelling and atherosclerosis. The benefits to ischaemic myocardial blood flow and contractile function are strictly heart rate dependent; those on infarct size are partly heart rate independent. The heart rate dependency of ivabradine's benefit for atherosclerotic vascular function is contradictory, and that on post-infarct remodelling is entirely unclear.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18846042 PMCID: PMC2597255 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739