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Patients with heart disease usually have higher levels of catecholamines - hormones that activate the beta-adrenergic receptors to stimulate cardiac muscle contraction.
Beta-blocking drugs such as carvedilol reduce the heart's workload by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors on cells.
Use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) reverses the down regulation of beta-adrenergic receptors that is characteristic of heart failure, according to an autopsy study reported in the August 21 issue of Circulation.
 
 
 
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