NOUN
- any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
How To Use beta-adrenergic blocker In A Sentence
- Drug therapy includes aspirin, beta-adrenergic blockers, cholesterol-lowering agents and other anti-ischemic drugs that can ameliorate angina and improve the patient's quality of life.
- Patients taking beta-adrenergic blockers present a special challenge because beta blockade may limit the effectiveness of epinephrine.
- Recommendations for the use of beta-adrenergic blockers in the setting of acute myocardial infarction include the addition of a Class I recommendation for use of these agents in patients with non-ST-segment elevation infarctions.
