Nevertheless, many physicians continue to favor more expensive medications like angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and calcium channel blockers as first line agents. The persistent use ...

rather than the receptor-binding specificity of the drug. It is becoming clear that the clinical benefit of beta-blockers in heart failure cannot be attributed to receptor affinity alone ...

Heart doctors have for decades relied on beta blocker medications to help heart patients -- the drugs work by lowering the effects of adrenaline on the heart. But recent advances mean there are ...