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Nature Medicine  9, 1260 - 1262 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nm1003-1260

There is an Erratum (November 2003) associated with this News and Views.

bold beta-receptor polymorphisms: heart failure's crystal ball

David A Kass

David A. Kass is at Halsted 500, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. dkass@jhmi.edu

A polymorphism present in about half the general population can predispose to heart failure as well as enhance responsiveness to beta-blockers. The mechanism for this is now being revealed (pages 1300−1305).

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