• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61373-8
Corpus ID: 25660815

Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: an individual-patient data meta-analysis

@article{Kotecha2015EfficacyO,
  title={Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: an individual-patient data meta-analysis},
  author={D. Kotecha and J. Holmes and H. Krum and D. Altman and on behalf of the Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Colla Group},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2015},
  volume={384},
  pages={2235-2243}
}

D. Kotecha, J. Holmes, +2 authors on behalf of the Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Colla Group

Published 2015

Medicine

The Lancet

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation and heart failure often coexist, causing substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. β blockers are indicated in patients with symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; however, the efficacy of these drugs in patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation is uncertain. We therefore meta-analysed individual-patient data to assess the efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm compared with atrial fibrillation… CONTINUE READING

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