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Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery -- Experts Note Doses of Blood-Pressure Drugs Probably Too High

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Posted: Tue., May 13, 2008, 07:53 am
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Topics: Arrhythmia, Causes, Definition, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Medication, Physical well-being, Research, The Lancet, EmpowHer News
     

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who received the blood pressure-lowering drugs known as beta blockers after having non-cardiac surgery were at higher risk of dying or having a stroke, a new Canadian study found.

However, the patients receiving the medications were less likely to have a heart attack, according to the report in the May 13 online issue of The Lancet.
     
     
     
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