Response of Failing Canine and Human Heart Cells to β 2 -Adrenergic Stimulation
- 15 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 92 (6) , 1612-1618
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.92.6.1612
Abstract
Background Failing human hearts lose β1- but not β2-adrenergic receptors. In canine hearts with tachypacing failure, the ratio of β2- to β1-adrenergic receptors is increased. The present study was ...Keywords
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