The effect of bisoprolol on perioperative mortality and myocardial infarction in high-risk patients undergoing vascular surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 1789-1794

  Poldermans, Don ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Thomson, Ian R ^b   Van De Ven, Louis L M ^a   Blankensteijn, Jan D ^c   Baars, Hubert F ^d   Yo, Tik Ien ^e   Trocino, Giuseppe ^f   Vigna, Carlo ^g   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a   Van Urk, Hero ^a   Fioretti, Paolo M ^h   Paelinck, Bernard ⁱ  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e Afd Klinische Pathologie   (Netherlands)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ist Ricovero Cura Carattere Sci H   (Italy)

^h Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

ⁱ Ziekenhuis Antwerpen Middelheim   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; BISOPROLOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033540018     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199912093412402     Document Type: Article

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