QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: GLOSSARY
Ivabridine (trade name:- Percorolan)
This drug slows the heart rate by affecting an electric current in the sinus node. The sinus node in the atrium of the heart is the normal pacemaker that sets the heart (pulse) rate. Slowing the heart rate relieves chest pain in stable angina. At present, this is usually done with a beta-blocker, but beta-blockers can cause trouble in people with general arterial disease, and can exacerbate asthma; this will not happen with ivabradine. Ivabridine will not be suitable for angina patients who also have atrial fibrillation and some other heart rhythm disturbances.