Beta-blockade should not be among several choices for initial therapy of hypertension

Affiliations

¹ Hypertension Clinic, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Hatter Institute, Cape Heart Centre, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. lionel.opie@uct.ac.za

Editorial

Lionel H Opie. J Hypertens. 2008 Feb.

. 2008 Feb;26(2):161-3.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f300a7.

¹ Hypertension Clinic, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Hatter Institute, Cape Heart Centre, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. lionel.opie@uct.ac.za

No abstract available

Comment on

2007 Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
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