Bisoprolol reduces cardiac death and myocardial infarction in high-risk patients as long as 2 years after successful major vascular surgery
Author(s) -
Don Poldermans,
Eric Boersma,
Jeroen J. Bax,
Ian R. Thomson,
Bernard P. Paelinck,
Louis L. van de Ven,
M. G. Scheffer,
Giuseppe Trocino,
Carlo Vigna,
Hubert F. Baars,
Hero van Urk,
J. Roelandt
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2000.2555
Subject(s) - medicine , bisoprolol , myocardial infarction , cardiology , coronary care unit , cardiac surgery , dobutamine , odds ratio , anesthesia , surgery , heart failure , hemodynamics
To assess the long-term cardioprotective effect of bisoprolol in a randomized high-risk population after successful major vascular surgery. High-risk patients were defined by the presence of one or more cardiac risk factor(s) and a dobutamine echocardiography test positive for ischaemia.
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