Effect of race in the response to metoprolol in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy.
We sought to determine the effect of race in response to metoprolol in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. We found no difference in exercise, hemodynamic, and neurohormonal responses to metoprolol based on race in patients with cardiomyopathy.
Freudenberger
R
R
Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Kalman
J
J
Mannino
M
M
Buchholz-Varley
C
C
Ocampo
O
O
Kukin
M
M
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D008790:Metoprolol