RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Beta-blockers for hypertension: Are they going out of style?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 533
OP 542
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76a.09030
VO 76
IS 9
A1 Qi Che
A1 Martin J. Schreiber, JR
A1 Mohammed A. Rafey
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/9/533.abstract
AB Although beta-blockers lower blood pressure in most patients, the outcomes of clinical hypertension trials of these drugs have been disappointing, and the value of beta-blockers in treating hypertensive patients who do not have compelling indications for them has been questioned. Until these drugs are proved beneficial, they should be used as antihypertensive therapy only in patients with compelling cardiac indications for them or as add-on agents in those with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension.