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Haemodynamic Effects of β-Blockers

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The pharmacological effects of β- blockers have been well documented but there is still no clear picture of the integrated systemic haemodynamic response to adrenoceptor blockade. This response is reviewed and the changes in systemic vascular resistance in hypertensive patients and during exercise are analysed.

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn, USA

    Jay N. Cohn

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Cohn, J.N. Haemodynamic Effects of β-Blockers. Drugs 25 (Suppl 2), 100–102 (1983). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198300252-00032

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