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Preface
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This supplement of the European Heart Journal addresses the role of If inhibition in the management of cardiovascular disease, based on the presentations made at a satellite symposium of the Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology this year in Vienna.
The role of heart rate (HR) is well established in the development and pathophysiology of myocardial ischaemia. In patients with coronary artery disease, most ischaemic episodes are triggered by an increase in HR which results in imbalance