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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 101, 期 6, 页码 865-869出版社
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.023
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Beta blockers improve cardiac function and prolong survival in patients with systolic chronic heart failure (CHF). However, the exact mechanisms underlying these benefits are uncertain. Specifically, it is unclear whether a close relation exists between heart rate (HR) reduction and clinical outcomes with these agents. This hypothesis was therefore tested within randomized controlled trials of beta blockers in systolic CHF. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and HR values at baseline and study end were obtained from available beta-blocker randomized clinical trials. The relation between change in HR and all-cause mortality as well as the LVEF was determined using regression analysis. Thirty-five trials, which included 22,926 patients with a mean follow-up duration of 9.6 months, were analyzed for all-cause mortality, the LVEF, and HR. There was a close relation between all-cause annualized mortality rate and HR (adjusted R-2 = 0.51, p = 0.004). A strong correlation between change in HR and change in LVEF (adjusted R-2 = 0.48, p = 0.000) was also observed. When only trials with > 100 patients were included, an even tighter correlation was seen (adjusted R-2 = 0.60, p = 0.0004). In conclusion, these analyses indicate that a major contributor to the clinical benefits of P-blocker therapy in systolic CHF may be the HR-lowering effect of these agents. Therefore, the magnitude of HR reduction may be more important than the achievement of target dose in P-blocker treatment of systolic CHF. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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