Sudden cardiac death due to β2-agonist therapy: is a genetic basis overlooked?

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2012 Mar;23(2):97,102.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / administration & dosage
  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / adverse effects*
  • Biomarkers, Pharmacological / metabolism
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
  • Electrocardiography / drug effects
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects
  • Membrane Potentials / genetics
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Prognosis
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / genetics*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / genetics

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
  • Biomarkers, Pharmacological
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta