Propranolol diminishes cardiac hypertrophy but does not abolish acceleration of the ischemic contracture in hyperthyroid hearts

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-389

  Pantos, Constantinos I ^a   Mourouzis, Iordanis S ^a   Tzeis, Stylianos M ^a   Malliopoulou, Vassiliki ^a   Cokkinos, Demosthenes D ^a   Asimacopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Carageorgiou, Hariclia C ^a   Varonos, Dennis D ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Hyperthyroidism; Ischemic contracture; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; THYROXINE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOXIA; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033836305     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200009000-00015     Document Type: Article

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