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Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a cardiac transplant recipient treated with carvedilol
Author(s) -
Gardner Roy S.,
McGowan James,
McDonagh Theresa A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.149
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1879-0844
pISSN - 1388-9842
DOI - 10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00012-0
Subject(s) - medicine , carvedilol , radionuclide ventriculography , cardiology , ejection fraction , heart failure , cardiac dysfunction
A 49‐year‐old cardiac transplant recipient with idiopathic left ventricular systolic dysfunction was treated with carvedilol. After 8 months, his ejection fraction, measured by radionuclide ventriculography, had increased from 14 to 30% with an associated improvement in symptoms.