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 ...
Madrid, Spain – 30 August 2025: Beta-blocker therapy significantly reduced a composite endpoint of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events compared with no beta-blocker therapy in ...
Beta-blockers antagonise sympathetic overstimulation and form a cornerstone of modern heart failure care by reducing heart rate, myocardial oxygen demand and neurohormonal activation. In heart failure ...
An informal, nonsanctioned meta-analysis of 10 recent clinical trials in heart failure [1] has confirmed the importance of ALLHAT (the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart ...
Beta-blocker therapy significantly reduced a composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, new myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF) compared with no beta-blocker therapy in the subgroup of ...
Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack. However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained ...
In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers conducted the Randomized Evaluation of Decreased Usage of Beta-Blockers after Acute Myocardial Infarction (REDUCE-AMI) ...
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 ...
LONDON (AP) -- A large head-to-head comparison of two widely used heart drugs known as beta blockers found one significantly superior in prolonging the lives of people with chronic heart failure. Some ...
β-blockers may increase depression risk in heart attack survivors with normal heart function, questioning their necessity for this group. The REDUCE-AMI trial found long-term β-blocker use linked to ...
Beta blockers seem safe, even in the initial weeks of treatment. * THE QUESTION Do beta blocker drugs endanger patients' lives before producing beneficial effects? * PAST STUDIES have shown that ...
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Common heart drug may do more harm than good in older people
New clinical trials show beta-blockers offer no benefit and may raise risks for older heart attack survivors with normal ...
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