Source Reference: Ishak D, et al "Association of beta-blockers beyond 1 year after myocardial infarction and cardiovascular outcomes" Heart 2023; DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322115.

None of these patients had heart failure or LVSD: 34,253 of them were prescribed beta blockers and were still on these drugs 1 year after hospital discharge; 9365 hadn't been prescribed these drugs.

Their newer study finds the drugs might even pose harm. They looked at data from more than 800 heart attack survivors without heart failure who had either been prescribed a beta-blocker or some ...

People not on long-term beta blockers actually had a lower rate of death, repeat heart attack, heart failure or emergency heart procedure: They suffered those problems at a rate of just under 4% ...

A TLANTA — Beta blockers are a mainstay in cardiovascular treatment, frequently given to patients after heart attacks. But a new large trial turns that convention on its head, suggesting that ...

Beta-blockers are prescribed as a matter of course to people following a heart attack, but a study found that people who have not experienced cardiac complications after a heart attack gain no ...

Among patients who were taking beta blockers at admission, discontinuing the drug was associated with a more than twofold higher risk of 90-day mortality in patients with heart failure only and a ...

Taking beta blockers after a heart attack did not significantly reduce the risk of death or a second heart attack among people with normal heart pumping ability, as indicated by an ejection ...

Beta blockers not only slow the progression of ventricular remodeling, but even reverse it. [9, 10] To date, three different β blockers (carvedilol, metoprolol, and bisoprolol) have been shown to ...

Among mild to moderately symptomatic heart-failure patients with impaired LVEF, initiation of treatment with bisoprolol followed by enalapril, as compared with the opposite sequence of drugs ...

HEART FAILURE Beta blockers ... February 18, 2003 More than 22 years ago Summary ...

Beta-blocker drugs appear to help people with heart failure, a finding that may ease concerns about possible adverse side effects in patients with the deteriorating condition, a study says.