{"title":"The BEAUTIFUL study: underlining the importance of heart rate","authors":"S. Jarvis","doi":"10.3132/PCCJ.2008.042","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"So, it was with bated breath that some observers waited for the results of a new placebo controlled study – the BEAUTIFUL study – looking at the effects of ivabradine (Procorolan), an If current inhibitor of the sinus node. The only drug in its class, ivabradine is a pure heart rate reducing drug, without the effects on blood pressure and the catecholamine system found with beta blocking drugs. At present it is licensed as an anti-anginal medication. 6","PeriodicalId":308856,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal (pccj)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal (pccj)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3132/PCCJ.2008.042","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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So, it was with bated breath that some observers waited for the results of a new placebo controlled study – the BEAUTIFUL study – looking at the effects of ivabradine (Procorolan), an If current inhibitor of the sinus node. The only drug in its class, ivabradine is a pure heart rate reducing drug, without the effects on blood pressure and the catecholamine system found with beta blocking drugs. At present it is licensed as an anti-anginal medication. 6