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 ...

The role of long-term beta-blocker therapy after a myocardial infarction in patients without left ventricular systolic dysfunction or heart failure is unclear in the era of contemporary ...

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 ...

Beta blockers, like metoprolol, help control heart rate, blood pressure, and stress responses by blocking adrenaline’s ...

The benefit of beta-blockers after myocardial infarction in patients with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis at the individual-patient level ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker use after heart attack in patients with preserved or mildly reduced heart function was assessed in ...

Beta-blockers provide no clinical benefit to post-MI patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, according to a potentially paradigm-changing meta-analysis. The findings, published ...

Women with epithelial ovarian cancer who happened to be taking nonselective beta-blockers for hypertension survived longer than those who were not taking the drugs, according to a large multicenter ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Taking beta blockers may raise mortality risk for HSCT recipients due to suppression of signals from nerves that ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Any beta-blocker use was associated with a higher risk of postoperative stroke, according to research that also found that these medications may factor into racial disparities in ...