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Beta-blocker titration failure is independent of severity of heart failure
R L Anthonio1, D J van Veldhuisen, A Breekland
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Groningen, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. R.L.Anthonio@thorax.azg.nl
The American Journal of Cardiology
|March 23, 2000
Abstract:
In the present study, predictors of complicated initiation of beta blockade in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy was studied. We found that generally accepted measures of severity of heart failure are not predictable, whereas low systolic blood pressure (< or =120 mm Hg) was the strongest predictor for problematic (up)titration.