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Bisoprolol compared with carvedilol and metoprolol succinate in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure

Fröhlich, Hanna; Torres, Lorella; Täger, Tobias; Schellberg, Dieter; Corletto, Anna; Kazmi, Syed; Goode, Kevin; Grundtvig, Morten; Hole, Torstein; Katus, Hugo A.; Cleland, John G. F.; Atar, Dan; Clark, Andrew L.; Agewall, Stefan; Frankenstein, Lutz

Authors

Hanna Fröhlich

Lorella Torres

Tobias Täger

Dieter Schellberg

Anna Corletto

Syed Kazmi

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Dr Kevin Goode K.M.Goode@hull.ac.uk
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Morten Grundtvig

Torstein Hole

Hugo A. Katus

John G. F. Cleland

Dan Atar

Andrew L. Clark

Stefan Agewall

Lutz Frankenstein



Abstract

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Aims: Beta-blockers are recommended for the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). However, it is disputed whether beta-blockers exert a class effect or whether there are differences in efficacy between agents. Methods and results: 6010 out-patients with stable CHF and a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction prescribed either bisoprolol, carvedilol or metoprolol succinate were identified from three registries in Norway, England, and Germany. In three separate matching procedures, patients were individually matched with respect to both dose equivalents and the respective propensity scores for beta-blocker treatment. During a follow-up of 26,963 patient-years, 302 (29.5%), 637 (37.0%), and 1232 (37.7%) patients died amongst those prescribed bisoprolol, carvedilol, and metoprolol, respectively. In univariable analysis of the general sample, bisoprolol and carvedilol were both associated with lower mortality as compared with metoprolol succinate (HR 0.80, 95% CI 0.71–0.91, p  <  0.01, and HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.78–0.94, p  <  0.01, respectively). Patients prescribed bisoprolol or carvedilol had similar mortality (HR 0.94, 95% CI 0.82–1.08, p = 0.37). However, there was no significant association between beta-blocker choice and all-cause mortality in any of the matched samples (HR 0.90; 95% CI 0.76–1.06; p = 0.20; HR 1.10, 95% CI 0.93–1.31, p = 0.24; and HR 1.08, 95% CI 0.95–1.22, p = 0.26 for bisoprolol vs. carvedilol, bisoprolol vs. metoprolol succinate, and carvedilol vs. metoprolol succinate, respectively). Results were confirmed in a number of important subgroups. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the three beta-blockers investigated have similar effects on mortality amongst patients with CHF.

Citation

Fröhlich, H., Torres, L., Täger, T., Schellberg, D., Corletto, A., Kazmi, S., …Frankenstein, L. (2017). Bisoprolol compared with carvedilol and metoprolol succinate in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 106(9), 711-721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1115-0

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 11, 2017
Online Publication Date Apr 22, 2017
Publication Date Sep 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 23, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Clinical Research in Cardiology
Print ISSN 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN 1861-0692
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 106
Issue 9
Pages 711-721
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1115-0
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/535476
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00392-017-1115-0
Related Public URLs http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/139786/13/139786.pdf

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