β-blockers exert an antihypertensive effect via several mechanisms of action: central inhibition of sympathetic nervous system outflow, inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system by decreasing ...

mechanisms, blockade of which has a beneficial effect on the failing heart. It has been assumed that β-AR antagonists (β-blockers) have a direct favorable influence on the heart, but our results ...

Beta blockers affect both of these mechanisms, according to the expert. In fact, a 2012 study published in the journal Sleep ...

All patients who have had a heart attack are typically treated using beta blockers. According to a Swedish study conducted earlier this year, this drug is unlikely to be needed for those heart ...

Beta-blocker therapy was associated with a lower ... The study could not establish causality or determine mechanisms to account for the relationships seen in this study, Schultz and co-authors ...

A study has found that there are similar safety profiles for -blockers and verapamil in patients with low-risk hypertrophic ...

Some people develop epilepsy after surviving a stroke, as the injury they've sustained causes scarring and disorganized ...

Research highlights the need to consider mental health impacts when prescribing beta-blockers to MI patients with preserved heart function. Study: Short- and long-term effects of beta-blockers on ...

For patients with hypertension and ischemic stroke, the risk for poststroke epilepsy (PSE) varies according to antihy ...