Beta-blockers are relatively common medications used to treat high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, and a range of other conditions. They work by blocking epinephrine (a.k.a. adrenaline), which ...

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 ...

Find lists of blood pressure medications commonly used to treat hypertension and the names of medications prescribed less ...

Beta-blockers have been a heart care staple for decades, but not all are created equal. New research is clarifying how nebivolol and carvedilol differ in their mechanisms, benefits, and side effects.

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with ...

Beta blockers are commonly used world-wide to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions, such as arrhythmias and heart failure. Scientists have known for decades that the medications work by ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated with ...

People who have had a heart attack may be able to safely discontinue beta-blocker use after a year if they are at low-risk for cardiovascular events, according to a new study.

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 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Beta blocker therapy for the treatment of heart failure can provide significant cost savings for the health-care system, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Duke Clinical ...

News-Medical spoke to researchers Dr. Nirmal Robinson, Dr. Vincenzo Desiderio, and Dr. Antonio Barbieri about their latest research into beta-blockers, and how they could potentially be used to treat ...