Heart failure patients with B1-adrenoreceptor polymorphisms have augmented carvedilol response as detected by cardiac I123-MIBG scintigraphy

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Nov 15;177(1):111-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.064. Epub 2014 Sep 28.
No abstract available

Keywords: Adrenergic; Carvedilol; Heart failure; MIBG; Polymorphism; Scintigraphy.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine*
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Carbazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Carvedilol
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Heart Failure / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Propanolamines / therapeutic use*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / drug effects
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / genetics*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / metabolism

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Carbazoles
  • Propanolamines
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1
  • Carvedilol
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine