Do metoprolol and carvedilol have equivalent effects on diurnal heart rate in patients with chronic heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 874-877

  Sanderson, John E ^a   Leung, Leata Y C ^a   Chan, Skiva K W ^a   Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Fung, Jeffrey W H ^a   Yu, C M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beta blockers; Carvedilol; Heart failure; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARVEDILOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARBAZOLES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; METOPROLOL; PROPANOLAMINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 23744459699     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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