Beta-blockers are relatively common medications used to treat high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, and a range of other conditions. They work by blocking epinephrine (a.k.a. adrenaline), which ...

Long-term oral β-blocker therapy, including bisoprolol, metoprolol, and carvedilol, reduces the composite endpoint of all-cause death, new myocardial infarction, or heart failure by 25% in ...

Beta blockers have been shown to prolong survival in chronic heart failure. It is currently a matter of debate whether any β blocker is superior to the other in terms of improving symptoms, left ...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated with ...

Credit: Getty Images. A discussion of the use of beta-blocker therapy following AMI, with Christopher Granger, MD, Gregg Fonarow, MD, and Carlin S Long, MD. The role of beta-blockers after acute ...

The appropriate duration of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack (a myocardial infarction [MI]) is unknown in patients who do not need to take beta-blockers for another reason. In the ABYSS ...

Beta-blockers have been a common cardiovascular drug for years, but more and more, doctors are turning to these heart drugs to treat anxiety.

But, the researchers point out, beta blockers are associated with several side effects such as depression and fatigue, and it's now time to reassess the value of long term treatment with these drugs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Beta-blocker use did not reduce risk for death or new MI ...