many heart failure patients are NOT being treated with beta-blockers
February 2003
There's growing concern that many heart failure patients are NOT being treated with beta-blockers.
Many patients are hospitalized for heart failure every year. Most of them don't get a beta-blocker...due to concerns that it could worsen cardiac output.
This is a HUGE problem...and often a HUGE mistake.
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