September 2018

Cardiac surgery patients

 

Rapibloc®: Successful heart rate reduction and faster conversion to sinus rythm …

 

Proportion of patients achieving 20% reduction in heart rate12

Proportion of patients converted to sinus rhythm 12

 

 

High cardioselectivity increases the probability of conversion to sinus rhythm. Rapibloc® decreases  heart rate by 20% in 97%  of patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation. 12

 

Proportion of cardiac surgery patients converted to sinus rhythm 13

 

 

Postoperative patients with atrial fibrillation convert to sinus rhythm significantly faster with Rapibloc® than Amiodarone13

Please note dose range in heart failure patients:

Dose range in a patient with left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF<40%, CI<2.5 L/min/m2, NYHA 3-4): 1-10 μg/kg BW/min