Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome Associated With Lower Mortality – American College of Cardiology
Among patients with takotsubo syndrome (TTS), beta-blocker therapy was associated with lower follow-up mortality but not lower TTS recurrence, according to a study published Feb. 5 in JACC: Heart Failure. The study included 2,853 patients discharged from the hospital with a confirmed TTS diagnosis and enrolled in the international multicenter GErman Italian Spanish Takotsubo (GEIST) registry. Using propensity score matching, Sergio Raposeiras-Roubin, MD, PhD, et al., compared two groups of 697 patients
