Gardner Roy S, McGowan James, McDonagh Theresa A
The Scottish Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2002 Jun;4(3):377-9. doi: 10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00012-0.
A 49-year-old cardiac transplant recipient with idiopathic left ventricular systolic dysfunction was treated with carvedilol. After 8 months, his ejection fraction, measured by radionuclide ventriculography, had increased from 14 to 30% with an associated improvement in symptoms.