Data on the early (in-hospital) use of intravenous beta-blockade after ST-segment-elevation MI (STEMI) are inconclusive, despite proven benefits from long-term oral beta-blocker therapy that is ...
Patients with STEMI who receive IV infusion of the beta-blocker esmolol within 60 minutes after successful PCI tend to release smaller amounts of cardiac biomarkers than those given placebo, ...
When given prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients who present within 6 hours of onset of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the beta blocker metoprolol reduces ...
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued a consensus document on the use of beta-blockers in cardiovascular disease, including hypertension. [11] The document reviews the rationale and ...
One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...
A drug costing less than 2 euros per dose could reduce the long term consequences of a heart attack, benefitting millions of patients. Metoprolol, a member of the beta-blocker class of drugs that has ...