• J S C Med Assoc · Aug 2004

    Review

    Prophylactic beta-blocker use to prevent perioperative morbidity and mortality.

    • Alan C Finley, Bruce M Elliott, Jacob J Robison, and Thomas E Brothers.
    • Vascular Surgery Section, MUSC, 96 Jonathan Lucas St., Suite 424, PO Box 250614, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
    • J S C Med Assoc. 2004 Aug 1;100(8):223-6.

    AbstractCardiovascular disease continues to be a major health concern and leads to significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. Evidence for prophylactic use of beta-blockade to decrease these complications continues to grow. Not all patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockade, thus a thorough preoperative cardiac assessment should be performed with every patient undergoing surgery. Although physicians may have doubts with this new strategy, the literature overwhelmingly supports prophylactic beta-blockade use as a safe, efficacious, and cost effective new therapy in patients at risk for cardiac complications.

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