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 ...

Beta blockers have been shown to prolong survival ... progressive ventricular remodeling may be the critical mechanism leading to an impairment of ventricular function already at rest.

The risk for PSE was lower in patients treated with angiotensin receptor blockers, while incidence was higher for those receiving calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers ... findings and explore ...

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 ...

Beta-blockers slow down the heart and lower blood ... CHF symptoms and reduce CHF-related mortality risk. The exact mechanism of how these drugs do that is unknown, but it may lighten the heart's ...

Learn how ARB blood pressure medications may lower epilepsy risk in stroke patients. Presented at AES 2024, this ...

Beta-blockers are now a worldwide mainstay of heart failure treatment recommended in all international guidelines for chronic heart failure Beta-blockers are now a worldwide mainstay of heart failure ...

The standard medication levodopa does not always work against tremors in Parkinson's disease, especially in stressful situations. Propranolol, however, does work during stress, providing insight into ...

NEW RESEARCH has demonstrated that Beta blocker use is associated with delayed motor ... Exploring the underlying mechanisms by which β-blockers reduce symptom progression could also inform future ...

Potential mechanisms could include reducing neuronal ... 21% on an ARB, 31% on a beta-blocker, and 28% on a calcium channel blocker. Most patients took a single antihypertensive; 37% took two ...

Those patients taking blood pressure meds other than ARBs had a dramatically higher risk of post-stroke epilepsy, results ...

Atherosclerosis happens when a fatty substance called plaque builds up inside your arteries. There are typically few ...