The association between beta-blockers and outcomes in patients with heart failure and concurrent Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Journal of the American Geriatrics

Lauren Gilstrap, Andrew Cohen, Gregory M. Ouellet, Parag Goyal, Barbara Gladders, Danette Flint, Jonathan Skinner

Background Contemporary patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
(HFrEF) are older and have a higher prevalence of cognitive impairment than those
studied in trials. The risk/benefit trade-off of routine beta-blocker (BB) use in patients …