Propranolol in the Treatment and Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Authors: RALPH GIANELLY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 April 1967Propranolol in the Treatment and Prevention of Cardiac ArrhythmiasRALPH GIANELLY, M.D., JOHN R. GRIFFIN, M.D., DONALD C. HARRISON, M.D.RALPH GIANELLY, M.D., JOHN R. GRIFFIN, M.D., DONALD C. HARRISON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-4-667 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe sympathetic nervous system exerts an important influence on the regulation of heart rate. The ventricular rate may be increased either by stimulating the cardiac sympathetic nerves (1) or by administering catecholamines (2). This excitatory influence on the heart rate is generally considered to be mediated by the beta-adrenergic neuroreceptors of Ahlquist's classification (3). Blockade of the beta-adrenergic system would therefore be expected to alter the heart rate and consequently to have an effect in patients with a variety of cardiac arrhythmias. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Palo Alto, CaliforniaFrom the Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.This study was supported by grant HE 090580-03 and training grant 1 T1 HE 5709-01, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and by a grant from the Fresno County Heart Association.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Donald C. 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