No impact of sex and age on beta-adrenoceptor-mediated inotropy in human right atrial trabeculae.
Simon PechaBastiaan GeelhoedRomy KempeEmanuel BerkAndreas EngelEvaldas GirdauskasHermann ReichenspurnerUrsula RavensAlberto KaumannThomas EschenhagenRenate B SchnabelTorsten ChristPublished in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2020)
Our large, multivariable analysis shows that neither age nor sex affects beta-AR-mediated inotropy or catecholamine sensitivity in human atrial trabeculae. These findings may have important clinical implications because beta-ARs, as a common drug target in CVD and heart failure, do not behave differently in women and men across age decades.