• Ugeskrift for laeger · Sep 2015

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    [Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart disease can benefit from beta-blocker treatment].

    • Daniel Bech Rasmussen, Peter Lange, and Magnus Thorsten Jensen.
    • daniel.rasmussen@live.dk.
    • Ugeskr. Laeg. 2015 Sep 14; 177 (38): V02150184.

    AbstractChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and coronary heart disease share smoking as the most important common risk factor and there is a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease among COPD patients. Although cardioselective beta-blockers are safe in treatment of COPD, they are often withheld in these patients. In observational studies, beta-blocker treatment is associated with significantly reduced mortality and reduced risk of exacerbations of COPD. This effect may be caused by the beneficial effect of beta-blockers on heart failure, tachycardia and upregulation of beta-receptors in the airways.

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