Beta-blocker drugs serve a key role in the treatment of heart failure, preventing bombardment of the heart by catecholamines - substances like epinephrine and norepinephrine - which overexcite and ...

Beta-blocker drugs serve a key role in the treatment of heart failure, preventing bombardment of the heart by catecholamines -- substances like epinephrine and norepinephrine -- which overexcite and ...

Dr. Butler answers the question: 'Beta Blockers For Heart Failure?' — -- Question: Which Beta blockers have been proven to work in treating heart failure? Answer: So that's a very interesting ...

Doctors are reassessing decades of standard treatment for patients who have had heart attacks after new research shows ...

The results are sure to generate interest as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction lacks treatment options, but that could change as results are expected in outcomes trials that are studying ...

A new, long-term study recently released in the New England Journal of Medicine has cardiologists in Western Pennsylvania ...

A new study out of Europe has called into question the effectiveness of beta blockers, one of the most frequently prescribed ...

Umea, Sweden - Beta blockers are not as effective as other antihypertensive drugs in reducing stroke, a new meta-analysis has found [1]. The Swedish authors conclude that beta blockers should not ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- When given prior to or during coronary artery bypass surgery, a class of heart drugs known as beta-blockers provides significant protection to the brain and its functions, according to ...

Patients who take beta blockers or antiplatelet agents are lowering their risk for cardiovascular events, but the protection may fall short for those who spend time outdoors on hot summer days, hints ...

Salk Institute scientists discovered a relationship between killer T cell exhaustion and the body’s sympathetic—“fight-or-flight”—stress response. The research showed that beta-blockers could inhibit ...