β-blockade with nebivolol for prevention of acute ischaemic events in elderly patients with heart failure

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^a   Flather, Marcus D ^b   Böhm, Michael ^c   Cohen Solal, Alain ^d   Murrone, Adriano ^a   Mascagni, Flavio ^e   Spinucci, Giulio ^a   Conti, Maria Giovanna ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^f   Tavazzi, Luigi ^g   Coats, Andrew J S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^e Osservatorio di Talmassons   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^h University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEBIVOLOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZOPYRANS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78651238179     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.207365     Document Type: Article

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