Cardiology question / answer session 3
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 28 Sep, 2008
What is the role of beta blockers in heart failure? Traditionally it is thought that sympathoadrenergic system activation is compensatory in heart failure. This is true in acute heart failure. But in chronic heart failure, sympathoadrenergic system becomes counter productive and maladaptive. It increases the afterload and myocardial cell necrosis as well down regulation of [...]
