Abstract | IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: It is important to know which patients with hypertension will benefit from beta-blocker therapy and which beta-blockers should be used in the treatment of hypertension to reduce cardiovascular events and mortality. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW: Studies between 1981 and 2009 using a Medline search are reported. Beta-blockers should be used to treat hypertension in patients with previous myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, diabetes mellitus, after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and in patients who are pregnant, have thyrotoxicosis, glaucoma, migraine, essential tremor, perioperative hypertension, or an excessive blood pressure response after exercise. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN: TAKE HOME MESSAGE:
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Authors | Wilbert S Aronow |
Journal | Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
(Expert Opin Pharmacother)
Vol. 11
Issue 16
Pg. 2599-607
(Nov 2010)
ISSN: 1744-7666 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 20426702
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Antihypertensive Agents
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Topics |
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Age Factors
- Antihypertensive Agents
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Blood Pressure
(drug effects)
- Cardiovascular Diseases
(etiology, mortality, prevention & control)
- Humans
- Hypertension
(complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
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