Comparative effectiveness of bisoprolol and metoprolol succinate in patients with heart failure

Int J Cardiol. 2015:190:4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.441. Epub 2015 Apr 18.

Authors

Björn Pasternak¹, Anders Mattsson², Henrik Svanström³, Anders Hviid³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: bjp@ssi.dk.
² Department of Medicine, Visby Hospital, Visby, Sweden.
³ Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 25912106
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.441

No abstract available

Keywords: Beta-blockers; Heart failure; Mortality; Pharmacoepidemiology.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bisoprolol / therapeutic use*
Cohort Studies
Denmark / epidemiology
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / drug therapy*
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Metoprolol / therapeutic use*
Middle Aged
Registries
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists
Metoprolol
Bisoprolol