Reevaluating Beta Blocker Use After Heart Attacks: Risks and Benefits for Patients and Women
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Recent studies suggest that routine use of beta blockers after a heart attack may not benefit all patients with preserved heart function, prompting a potential re-evaluation of long-standing medical practices, especially for those with minimal heart damage and no other indications for these drugs.
- Doctors may need to rethink decades of routine beta blocker use for some patients after a heart attack, studies suggest ABC News
- Common heart attack drug doesn’t work and may raise risk of death for some women, new studies say CNN
- Mixed Results for Beta-blockers in Post-MI Patients With Preserved EF TCTMD.com
- Beta Blockers, the Standard Treatment After a Heart Attack, May Offer No Benefit for Heart Attack Patients and Women Can Have Worse Outcomes | Newswise Newswise
- After a heart attack, women shown to have worse prognosis when treated with beta-blockers Medical Xpress
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