Beta-blockade does not alter plasma cytokine concentrations and ventricular function in young adults with right ventricular dysfunction secondary to operated congenital heart disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 747-752

  Norozi, Kambiz ^a   Buchhorn, Reiner ^b,c   Wessel, Armin ^a   Bahlmann, Jens ^c   Raab, Björn ^c   Geyer, Siegfried ^a   Kuehne, Titus ^d   Beibei, Li ^a   Med, Cand ^e   Werdan, Karl ^e   Loppnow, Harald ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta blocker therapy; Congenital heart defects; Cytokines; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; CYTOKINE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149113969     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.747     Document Type: Article

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