ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery
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“There is a lot of confusing evidence on the use of beta-blockers, so we've tried to clarify as much as we can.”
“The time has come for clarity across perioperative beta blocker studies.”
“The perioperative community is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, there are now discredited data. On the other hand, credible data employ a peri-operative beta-blocker regimen that is not representative of clinical practice.”
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Fleisher et al. (2007) studied this question.