Scientific and practical peer-reviewed journal for cardiologists and general practice physicians. Issued since 2005
ISSN 1819-6446 (Print) ISSN 2225-3653 (Online)
S.Y. Martsevich*
State Research Center for Preventive Medicine of Rosmedtechnology, Petroverigsky per. 10, Moscow, 101990 Russia
Chair of Evidence Based Medicine, Moscow Medical Academy named after I. M. Setchenov,
The role of beta-blockers (BB) in arterial hypertension therapy is discussed from the evidence based medicine point of view and according to international guidelines. Data of the latest meta-analysis comparing effects of BB and other antihypertensive drugs on a probability of cardio-vascular complications are presented.
Key words: arterial hypertension, beta-adrenoblockers, evidence based medicine.
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