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SUBMITTER: Talameh JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3917307 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Talameh Jasmine A JA Lanfear David E DE
Current heart failure reports 20120301 1
The individual patient responses to chronic heart failure (HF) pharmacotherapies are highly variable. This variability cannot be entirely explained by clinical characteristics, and genetic variation may play a role. Therefore, this review will summarize the background pharmacogenetic literature for major HF pharmacotherapy classes (ie, β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, digoxin, and loop diuretics), evaluate recent advances in the HF pharmacogenetic literature in the context o ...[more]