Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a cardiac transplant recipient treated with carvedilol.
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.
Gardner
Roy S
RS
The Scottish Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. rsgardner@doctors.net.uk
McGowan
James
J
McDonagh
Theresa A
TA
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077261:Carvedilol; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002227:Carbazoles; D011412:Propanolamines; D000077261:Carvedilol