HIGHER BETA-BLOCKER DOSE VERSUS LOWER HEART RATE IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE DUE TO SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION

Authors :: Masoor Kamalesh
Srikant Devaraj
Tarek Ajam
Stephen G. Sawada
Samer Ajam
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69:666
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2017.
Abstract: Background: The relative importance of dose of beta blocker used versus decrease in average heart rate achieved on survival remains unclear. We aimed to compare the effect of beta blocker dose and heart rate on mortality in patients with heart failure due to systolic dysfunction. Methods: We

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Internal medicine
Heart failure
Heart rate
medicine
Cardiology
In patient
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
medicine.disease
business
Beta blocker

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