Heart Rate Reduction in Heart Failure

Summary

Patients with heart failure (HF) have a limited exercise tolerance,few pharmacological interventions have been proven effective in improving exercise capacity. At the presence there i conflicting evidence on the effectiveness of beta-blockers on exercise capacity. Ivabradine has been shown to improve prognosis in patients with ischemic heart disease, left ventricular dysfunction and heart rate \> 70 bpm. The association of ivabradine and atenolol has been proven effective in increasing exercise tolerance in patients with ischemic heart disease. Aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of heart rate reduction with ivabradine, carvedilol or their combination in patients with heart failure of ischemic origin.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2010-06

Completion

2010-10

Publications

• Background Fasullo S, Cannizzaro S, Maringhini G, Ganci F, Giambanco F, Vitale G, Pinto V, Migliore G, Torres D, Sarullo FM, Paterna S, Di Pasquale P. Comparison of ivabradine versus metoprolol in early phases of reperfused anterior myocardial infarction with impaired left ventricular function: preliminary findings. J Card Fail. 2009 Dec;15(10):856-63. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.05.013. Epub 2009 Jul 3.
• Background Swedberg K, Komajda M, Bohm M, Borer JS, Ford I, Tavazzi L. Rationale and design of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled outcome trial of ivabradine in chronic heart failure: the Systolic Heart Failure Treatment with the I(f) Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial (SHIFT). Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Jan;12(1):75-81. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp154. Epub 2009 Nov 5.

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