© 2002 European Society of Cardiology
Unique effects of carvedilol on noradrenaline release in the human heart
a Universitätsklinikum Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik II Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
b Klinik für Herzchirurgie Universitätsklinikum Lübeck, Germany
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-451-500-2420; fax: +49-451-500-2363. E-mail address: gert.richardt@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
Received July 13, 2001; Accepted October 3, 2001
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The efficacy of carvedilol in patients with heart failure documented in the Carvedilol Post-Infarct Survival Control in LV Dysfunction (CAPRICORN) study [1] and the Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival Trial (COPERNICUS) study [2] has generated a debate over whether the salutary effects of carvedilol are strictly a class effect caused by β-adrenergic receptor
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