Why do patients with congestive heart failure tolerate the initiation of β-blocker therapy?

Circulation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1610-1619

  Haber, Howard L ^a   Simek, Christopher L ^a   Gimple, Lawrence W ^a   Bergin, James D ^a   Subbiah, Komathi ^a   Jayaweera, Ananda R ^a   Powers, Eric R ^a   Feldman, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Elastance; adrenergic receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027504775     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.88.4.1610     Document Type: Article

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