In post myocardial infarction patients beta blockers have shown a reduction of total mortality (23%), sudden cardiac death (25%) and non fatal reinfarction (30%). Beside beta blockers, only a few agents have shown reduction of mortality and sudden cardiac death in post myocardial infarction patients. Beta blockers have showed more favorable effects In patients with Q wave myocardial infarction ...

INTRODUCTION Few studies have examined outcomes and potential complications among glaucoma patients who are prescribed topical beta-blockers. This study examined resource usage (number of GP visits and hospitalizations) and diagnoses of respiratory or cardiovascular conditions among glaucoma patients prescribed beta-blockers compared to patients not prescribed beta-blockers. METHODS A retrosp...

background: prolongation of qt interval is one of the most important abnormalities in cardiovascular system of cirrhotic patients. the aim of this survey was determination of propranolol effect on frequency adjusted qt interval (qtc). materials and methods: thirty six cirrhotic patients (m/f=20/16, mean age:56 â± 3.8 years) and 40 healthy age and sex matched controls (m/f=25/15, mean age: 58 â±...

BACKGROUND Beta1 (B(1)) selective blockers have been widely used for the treatment of neurocardiogenic syncope though clinical trials have shown conflicting degrees of efficacy. OBJECTIVE To study the clinical efficacy of B(1) selective blockers compared to placebo in the treatment of neurocardiogenic syncope. METHODS Four placebo controlled randomized studies were identified after search o...

Objective: to determine the efficacy of non-selective beta-blockers (NSBBs) in primary prevention bleeding esophageal varices and assess their impact on survival patients with ascites enrolled liver transplant waiting list (LTWL). Materials methods . We carried out a retrospective comparative study cirrhotic severe without before enrollment LTWL. Primary prophylaxis variceal included use NSBBs ...

The knowledge of the impact of beta-blockers on Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) is based on experimental and clinical studies which used invasive methods (mainly Doppler Flow Wire, DFW) and non-invasive tools including scintigraphic (mainly Positron Emission Tomography, PET), magnetic resonance and Doppler ultrasound imaging. Beta-blockers have a large therapeutic indication in the treatment of cor...

Variceal bleeding is the most important complication of portal hypertension. Mortality due to the first variceal bleeding is very high (50%) and of those surviving a variceal bleeding episode, up to 80% may rebleed. Proper management of the acute variceal bleeding episode, the prevention of rebleeding and primary prophylaxis for variceal haemorrhage are therefore mandatory in order to improve t...