PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - Young, James B. AU - Eichhorn, Eric J. TI - Our new understanding of heart failure: The role of beta-blockers in treatment DP - 1998 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 428--435 VI - 65 IP - 8 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/8/428.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/8/428.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Sep 01; 65 AB - Beta-blockers, long considered contraindicated in heart failure, improve left ventricular function in this disease by improving the biology of cardiac myocytes. Whether they improve survival remains to be determined.