The heart rate slowing effect of pindolol in patients with digitalis resistant atrial fibrillation and heart failure

• Published in: Medecine interne Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 207
• Main Authors: Cristodorescu, R, Roşu, D, Deutsch, G, Verdeş, A, Luca, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romania 01.07.1986
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy; Depression, Chemical; Digoxin - analogs & derivatives; Drug Resistance; Female; Heart Failure - drug therapy; Heart Rate - drug effects; Humans; Male; Medigoxin - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Pindolol - therapeutic use

Heart rate (HR) slowing action and the possible negative inotropic effect of pindolol (P) (daily dose +/- standard error of the means (SEM): 14.7 +/- 1.6 mg) were studied in 12 patients with heart failure and with rapid atrial fibrillation (AF) resistant to effective beta-methyl dioxin (BMD) doses (...