Direct effects of chronic beta-adrenergic receptor blockade on left ventricular and myocyte function in a model of tachycardia-induced congestive heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-318

  Spinale, Francis G ^a,b   Johnson, Wendy S ^a   Wang, Yinghua ^a   Wang, Zhongling ^a   Mukherjee, Rupak ^a   Hebbar, Latha ^a   Jones, Blanding U ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta adrenergic receptor; Left ventricular function; Myocyte contractility

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SWINE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030344804     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(96)80018-2     Document Type: Article

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