The evidence for beta blockers in heart failure.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. beta Blockade after myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta regression analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1999
   Pooled it
2. Importance of beta blockade in the treatment of advanced heart failure.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2003
   Trial
3. Safety and costs of initiating angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors for heart failure in primary care: analysis of individual patient data from studies of left ventricular dysfunction.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000
   Trial
4. CaMKII and PKA-dependent phosphorylation co-regulate nuclear localization of HDAC4 in adult cardiomyocytes.Basic research in cardiology · 2021
   Article
5. Relationship between chronotropic incompetence and β-blockers based on changes in chronotropic response during cardiopulmonary exercise testing.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2015
   Article
6. Chronic vagus nerve stimulation improves left ventricular function in a canine model of chronic mitral regurgitation.Journal of translational medicine · 2014
   Article
7. Barriers to accurate diagnosis and effective management of heart failure have not changed in the past 10 years: a qualitative study and national survey.BMJ open · 2014
   Article
8. Vagus nerve stimulation improves left ventricular function in a canine model of chronic heart failure.European journal of heart failure · 2013
   Article
9. Carvedilol in the treatment of elderly patients with chronic heart failure.Clinical interventions in aging · 2008
   Review
10. Effect of a community heart failure clinic on uptake of beta blockers by patients with obstructive airways disease and heart failure.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2006
    Article
11. Pharmacological management of chronic heart failure in adults: a review of the literature.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2004
    Review
12. Barriers to accurate diagnosis and effective management of heart failure in primary care: qualitative study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
    Article
13. Prevention of and medical therapy for atrial arrhythmias in heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2002
    Review
14. Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of the endothelin system in patients with chronic heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2001
    Review
15. Interpreting the results of secondary end points and subgroup analyses in clinical trials: should we lock the crazy aunt in the attic?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
    Review
16. New Zealand and United Kingdom experiences with the RAND modified Delphi approach to producing angina and heart failure criteria for quality assessment in general practice.Quality in health care : QHC · 2000
    Article
17. New and emerging pharmacologic strategies in the management of chronic heart failure.Clinical cardiology · 2000
    Review
18. Management of heart failure: evidence versus practice. Does current prescribing provide optimal treatment for heart failure patients?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2000
    Review
19. Improving patient outcomes in heart failure: evidence and barriers.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2000
    Article
20. Metoprolol: a review of its use in chronic heart failure.Drugs · 2000
    Review

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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