What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure?

dc.contributor.author	Hulkower, Stephen D.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Aiken, Benjamin A.	eng
dc.date.issued	2015	eng
dc.description.abstract	Q: What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure? Evidence-based answer: Three beta-blockers--carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, and bisoprolol--reduce mortality equally (by about 30% over one year) in patients with Class III or IV systolic heart failure. Insufficient evidence exists comparing equipotent doses of these medications head-to-head to recommend any one over the others (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review/meta-analysis).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/45083	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2015 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 64, no. 02 (February 2015): 122-123.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	beta-blocker ; systolic heart failure ; carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, bisoprolol	eng
dc.title	What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2015
The items in this collection constitute volume 64 of Clinical Inquiries.