(HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure, higher beta-blocker (BB) dose is associated with more improvements in outcomes than lower heart rate (HR), according to a study published online in ...

(HealthDay News) — Patients treated with low-dose beta-blockers after myocardial infarction may fare better than those given the standard dose, according to a study published in the Sept. 29 issue of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker therapy did not improve survival beyond 1 year after an MI, although a dose-dependent effect was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker use at hospital admission for acute decompensated HF was associated with lower in-hospital ...

Other medical therapy options. The use of digoxin has not been shown to improve survival rates. 10 In the presence of atrial fibrillation, digoxin can be added after the beta-blocker dose has been ...

CHICAGO -- Initiating low-dose beta-blockers prior to discharge in heart failure patients hospitalized for worsening symptoms significantly improves the use of a drug that has been shown in previous ...

The question of whether to alter beta-blocker therapy in patients with asthma has been reviewed extensively in the medical literature. [1,2,3,4,5] Cardioselective (beta-1) beta-blockers are ...