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Beta-Blocker Therapy Important in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
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Title Beta-Blocker Therapy Important in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578661?src=rss
Description Continuation of beta-blocker therapy among patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure is associated with markedly better outcomes compared to heart failure patients in whom beta-blocker therapy is stopped or never started, according to a study published July 15 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information
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Date Aug 8, 2008
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