Do beta-blockers prevent heart disease and strokes in people with high blood pressure? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review

Effective Health Care Research Consortium (2008) Do beta-blockers prevent heart disease and strokes in people with high blood pressure? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review. Liverpool, Effective Health Care Research Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

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Abstract

In people with high blood pressure, there is no evidence that beta-blockers reduce the number of deaths. Beta-blockers reduce the risk of stroke but are less effective than calcium channel blockers (CCBs) or renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors.

Item Type:	Other
Corporate Authors:	Effective Health Care Research Consortium
Additional Information:	Produced by the Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium (www.liv.ac.uk/evidence), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, supported by the Department for International Development UK; and the Australasian Cochrane Centre. Adapted from Wiysonge CS, Bradley H, Mayosi BM, Maroney R, Mbewu A, Opie LH, Volmink J. Beta-blockers for hypertension. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD002003. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002003.pub2 Evidence Update published in February 2008.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cochrane Review CD002003, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Antihypertensive Agents, Calcium Channel Blockers, Hypertension, Stroke, Non-communicable Disease, Evidence Update
Subjects:	QV Pharmacology > QV 38 Drug action. WG Cardiovascular System > WG 20 Research (General) WG Cardiovascular System > Heart. Heart Diseases > WG 200 General works WL Nervous System > WL 300 General works (Include works on brain alone)
Faculty: Department:	Groups (2002 - 2012) > International Health Group
Related URLs:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochran... http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence
Depositing User:	Martin Chapman
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2010 11:15
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1419

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