Do elderly systolic heart failure patients benefit from beta blockers to the same extent as the non-elderly? Meta-analysis of greater than 12,000 patients

Do elderly systolic heart failure patients benefit from beta blockers to the same extent as the non-elderly? Meta-analysis of greater than 12,000 patients

A meta-analysis of all-cause mortality data involving elderly and non-elderly chronic heart failure patients from 5 completed beta-blocker trials revealed that elderly and non-elderly chronic heart failure patients derived considerable prognostic benefit from beta-blocker therapy without a statistic...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2005-04, Vol.95 (7), p.896
Hauptverfasser: Dulin, Brian R, Haas, Steven J, Abraham, William T, Krum, Henry
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age
Beta blockers
Blood pressure
Comparative analysis
Drug therapy
Heart failure
Mortality
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Zusammenfassung:A meta-analysis of all-cause mortality data involving elderly and non-elderly chronic heart failure patients from 5 completed beta-blocker trials revealed that elderly and non-elderly chronic heart failure patients derived considerable prognostic benefit from beta-blocker therapy without a statistically significant difference in mortality reduction between the 2 groups. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913