Adjuvant Use of Ivabradine in Acute Heart Failure due to Myocarditis
Joint Authors
Schnabel, Philipp
Franke, Jennifer
Bekeredjian, Raffi
Ehlermann, Philipp
Zugck, Christian
Schmahl, Dorothee
Doesch, Andreas O.
Lehrke, Stephanie
Katus, Hugo A.
Pribe, Regina
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report two cases of young men in whom acute heart failure due to myocarditis was diagnosed.
The patients had been transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) with commencing symptoms of acute heart failure and consecutive multiorgan failure for further treatment and to evaluate the indication for implantation of a ventricular assist device or for high urgent orthotopic heart transplantation.
In both patients, the If-channel inhibitor ivabradine was administered off-label to provide selective heart rate reduction, and thus support hemodynamic stabilization.
Though currently considered off-label use in patients suffering from severe hypotension and acute heart failure, the use of ivabradine may beneficially influence outcome by allowing optimization of the patient's heart rate concomitant to initial measures of clinical stabilization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Franke, Jennifer& Schmahl, Dorothee& Lehrke, Stephanie& Pribe, Regina& Bekeredjian, Raffi& Doesch, Andreas O.…[et al.]. 2011. Adjuvant Use of Ivabradine in Acute Heart Failure due to Myocarditis. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Franke, Jennifer…[et al.]. Adjuvant Use of Ivabradine in Acute Heart Failure due to Myocarditis. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Franke, Jennifer& Schmahl, Dorothee& Lehrke, Stephanie& Pribe, Regina& Bekeredjian, Raffi& Doesch, Andreas O.…[et al.]. Adjuvant Use of Ivabradine in Acute Heart Failure due to Myocarditis. Case Reports in Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454182
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454182