@article {Harte513, author = {Brian Harte and Amir K. Jaffer}, title = {Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: Evolution of the evidence}, volume = {75}, number = {7}, pages = {513--519}, year = {2008}, publisher = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine}, abstract = {After studies in the 1990s suggested that beta-blockers offer substantial benefits when given before surgery, several national organizations endorsed the perioperative use of these drugs as a best practice in certain patients. However, subsequent research has cast doubt on whether it is appropriate to use these drugs as widely as suggested by those early studies.}, issn = {0891-1150}, URL = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513}, eprint = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/513.full.pdf}, journal = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine} }