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Mastering Beta Blockers for Heart Failure
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Mastering Beta Blockers for Heart Failure

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Which type of beta blockers improve clinical outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?

  • Propranolol
  • Bisoprolol (correct)
  • Atenolol
  • Labetalol
  • What are the benefits of treating HFrEF with a heart failure-specific beta blocker?

  • Improves right ventricular ejection fraction
  • Reduces the symptoms of heart failure (correct)
  • Increases hospitalisation and mortality
  • Causes sudden death
  • Which patients should be treated with a heart failure-specific beta blocker?

  • Patients with angina
  • Only younger patients
  • Patients with hypertension
  • Patients with asthma (correct)
  • What should be done if a patient is already taking a different beta blocker for a comorbidity?

    <p>Switch to a heart failure-specific beta blocker</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Can beta-blocker therapy be used in patients with peripheral artery disease with critical limb-?

    <p>Yes, it is safe and recommended</p> Signup and view all the answers

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