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The Lead Podcast - Episode 69
Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by Sirena Bridges, MSN, FNP-BC, CCDS, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare, and Jodie L. Hurwitz, MD, FHRS, North Texas Heart Center to discuss the effects of metoprolol and carvedilol on the risk of atrial tachyarrhythmia (ATA) and ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in over 4,000 heart failure (HF) patients with a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) by pooling data from five landmark ICD trials. Carvedilol treatment was associated with a 35% reduction in the risk of ATA and a corresponding decrease in the risk of…
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