Vol 68, No 8 (2010)
Chorzy trudni nietypowi
Published online: 2010-08-21
Inappropriate sinus tachycardia - successful treatment with ivabradine
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79643
Kardiol Pol 2010;68(8):935-937.
Abstract
Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is characterised by an exaggerated increase of heart rate in response to normal physiologic
demands. Therapeutic options including medical and radiofrequency ablation interventions are still under debate.
Ivabradine inhibits spontaneous pacemaker activity of the sinus node by selectively blocking If channels of pacemaker cells.
Here we present a case of a patient with IST, who was successfully treated with ivabradine after various ineffective therapeutic
approaches.
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 8: 935-937
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 8: 935-937
Keywords: inappropriate sinus tachycardiaivabradinesinus node blocking