title: Heart failure patients with B1-adrenoreceptor polymorphisms have augmented carvedilol response as detected by cardiac I123-MIBG scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Marina R
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: samuel.moscavitch@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Samuel Datum
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Moscavitch
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabrina B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil; Nuclear Medicine Department, Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jader C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Messias
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ronaldo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Pathology Department, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Georgina S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Federal Fluminense University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Post-Graduation Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Niteroi, Brazil; Nuclear Medicine Department, Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudio T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mesquita
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077261:Carvedilol; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002227:Carbazoles; D011412:Propanolamines; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D000077261:Carvedilol; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine
keywords: Adrenergic; Carvedilol; Heart failure; MIBG; Polymorphism; Scintigraphy