Imaging Pearls ❯ Contrast ❯ Cardiac Medications: Metoprolol, Nitroglycerine, Etc.
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"Oral metoprolol given 1 hour before cardiac CT effectively and safely lowers the HR in most patients."
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Oral beta-Blockade in Patients for Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Pannu HK, Sullivan C, Lai S, Fishman EK J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008;32:247-251
"For the patients who were given oral metoprolol, more than 90% of whom received 50 mg, there was a decrease in the mean HR by approximately 10 bpm in the first half hour and a decrease in HR by approximately 16 bpm in the first hour after the medication."
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Oral beta-Blockade in Patients for Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Pannu HK, Sullivan C, Lai S, Fishman EK J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008;32:247-251
"According to the prescibing information for metoprolol, the peak effect of an oral dose on the exercise HR occurs 1 hour after administration with a duration that is dose related."
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Oral beta-Blockade in Patients for Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Pannu HK, Sullivan C, Lai S, Fishman EK J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008;32:247-251
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