Open AccessInotropic and Sympathetic Responses to the Intracoronary Infusion of a β 2 -Receptor Agonist
Author(s) -
Gary E. Newton,
Eduardo Ribeiro de Azevêdo,
John D. Parker
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.99.18.2402
Subject(s) - medicine , salbutamol , agonist , atenolol , norepinephrine , endocrinology , sympathetic nervous system , inotrope , anesthesia , receptor , blood pressure , dopamine , asthma
On the basis of the presence of beta2-receptors within the sympathetic nervous system, beta2-stimulation may increase cardiac sympathetic outflow. We addressed the hypothesis that sympathoexcitatory beta2-receptors are present in the human left ventricle.
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