The effect of altering heart rate on ventricular function in patients with heart failure treated with β-blockers

SDR Thackray, JM Ghosh, GA Wright, KKA Witte… - American Heart …, 2006 - Elsevier
… desynchronising right ventricular pacing rather than an increase in average heart rate. …
ventricular rate and prevent bradycardia. This study provides evidence that the resting ventricular

Restoring function in failing hearts: the effects of beta blockers

EJ Eichhorn - The American journal of medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
… The use of beta-blockers in heart failure is counterintuitive, given that their initial … clear that
beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure not only improves left ventricular function, …

Meta-analysis comparing usefulness of beta blockers to preserve left ventricular function during anthracycline therapy

P Shah, R Garris, R Abboud, R Vasudev, H Patel… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… In addition, β blockers have pleiotropic benefits as free radical scavengers.28, 29 … The
antioxidant properties of carvedilol were unsubstantiated among other β blockers. Beta blockers

How do β-blockers improve ventricular function in patients with congestive heart failure?

WH Barry, EM Gilbert - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
… (AR) in the sarcolemma of the ventricular myocyte increases intracellular levels of cAMP via
G s … and mortality, 2 improves ventricular function, and reverses pathological remodeling. …

The vasodilatory beta-blockers

ME Pedersen, JR Cockcroft - Current hypertension reports, 2007 - Springer
… , and left ventricular function, whereas nonvasodilating β-blockers tend to raise PVR and
reduce CO and left ventricular function. Compared with conventional β-blockers, vasodilating β-…

Beneficial effects of betablockers on left ventricular function and cellular energy reserve in patients with heart failure

R Spoladore, G Fragasso, G Perseghin… - Fundamental & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… of beta-blocker therapy with either carvedilol or bisoprolol. Our hypothesis was that the
reduced PCr/ATP ratio in failing human left ventricle could be partially restored by beta-blocker

… the effects of angiotensin converting–enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers on survival in elderly patients with reduced left ventricular function after myocardial infarction

MG Shlipak, WS Browner, H Noguchi, B Massie… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
beta blockers and ACE inhibitors in improving survival in elderly patients with reduced left
ventricular function … with heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction 1, …

Left ventricular inotropic reserve and right ventricular function predict increase of left ventricular ejection fraction after beta-blocker therapy in nonischemic …

TM Ramahi, MD Longo, AR Cadariu, K Rohlfs… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
… In this study normal right ventricular function was also associated with increase in LVEF
after beta-blocker therapy. Normal RVEF is another marker of healthier hearts and an …

Interest of β-blockers in patients with right ventricular systemic dysfunction

R Bouallal, F Godart, C Francart, A Richard… - Cardiology in the …, 2010 - cambridge.org
… , and systemic right ventricular function were assessed before treatment with b-blockers and
at the … Systemic right ventricular ejection fraction assessed by radionuclide ventriculography …

The role of beta-blockers in the treatment of chronic heart failure

C Kubon, NB Mistry, I Grundvold, S Halvorsen… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
… Comparative hemodynamic, left ventricular functional, and … left ventricular systolic function,
the efficacy of beta-blockers … of clinical efficacy of beta-blockers beyond the effects of other …