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Article: AMA: Beta blockers underused.
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- Cost Management in Cardiac Care
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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AMA: Beta blockers underused
Recent studies confirm position
Late last year, the American Medical Association (AMA) in Dallas joined five other medical spe-cialty societies to announce a new call to action to expand the use of beta blockers to a larger group of patients than previously considered even those at low-risk, as well as those who may not have been candidates for this therapy due to contraindications.
Since 1995, the AMArecommended beta block-ers as part of a comprehensive program to pre-vent second heart attacks for those at high risk having conditions such as heart rhythm prob-lems, chest pain, or high blood pressure. The ...