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Heart Rate Reduction the Main Reason Beta-Blockers Are Beneficial in Heart Failure
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Title Heart Rate Reduction the Main Reason Beta-Blockers Are Beneficial in Heart Failure
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573589?src=rss
Description The improvement in clinical outcome brought about by beta-blocker therapy for patients with systolic chronic heart failure (CHF) is due mainly to a reduction in heart rate rather than an improvement in systolic function, Australian investigators report in the American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information
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Date Apr 30, 2008
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