• Cleve Clin J Med · Jul 2008

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    Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: evolution of the evidence.

    • Brian Harte and Amir K Jaffer.
    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. harteb@ccf.org
    • Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Jul 1;75(7):513-9.

    AbstractAfter studies in the 1990s suggested that beta-blockers offer substantial benefits when given before surgery, several national organizations endorsed the perioperative use of these drugs as a best practice in certain patients, However, subsequent research has cast doubt on whether it is appropriate to use these drugs as widely as suggested by those early studies.

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