Should beta-blockers be withdrawn in post-myocardial infarction patients before treadmill test?

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-506

  Wander, Gurpreet S ^a   Pasricha, Saurabh ^a   Aslam, Naved ^a   Avasthi, Gurcharan ^a   Mahajan, Rajesh ^a   Khurana, Shashi B ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; SAFETY;

EID: 0031406784     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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