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Use of ivabradine in catecholamine-induced tachycardia after high-risk cardiac surgery

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This study was funded by an independent research Grant from the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of the “Sapienza” University of Rome.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Viale Del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Domenico Vitale, Vincenzo De Santis & Luigi Tritapepe

  2. Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Fabio Guarracino

  3. Unit of Biostatistics, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza” Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

    Andrea Fontana & Fabio Pellegrini

  4. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy

    Fabio Pellegrini

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Vitale, D., De Santis, V., Guarracino, F. et al. Use of ivabradine in catecholamine-induced tachycardia after high-risk cardiac surgery. Clin Res Cardiol 99, 853–855 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-010-0208-9

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