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Impact of the β1-adrenoceptor Arg389Gly polymorphism on heart-rate responses to bisoprolol and carvedilol in heart-failure patients.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Jul 2012
Rau T, Düngen H-D, Edelmann F, Waagstein F, Lainščak M, Dimković S, Apostolović S, Nešković A N, Haverkamp W, Gelbrich G, Eschenhagen T
Abstract excerpt
This pharmacogenetic substudy of the prospective, double-blind, randomized CIBIS-ELD trial determined the impact of the β1-adrenoceptor Arg189Gly polymorphism on heart-rate responses to bisoprolol or carvedilol in elderly patients with heart failure (421 with sinus rhythm, 107 with atrial fibrillation). Patients were randomized 1:1 to bisoprolol or carvedilol with a fortnightly dose-doubling scheme and guideline...
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