Study flags safety concerns with patients stopping beta blockers post-MI

But a GP academic says the results may be reassuring for treating patients with a history of uncomplicated MI.
Professor Mark Nelson.

Stopping beta blockers is linked to more hospitalisations among patients with prior MI and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), researchers say.

The French team said they expected to find that ceasing beta blocker drug therapy 12 months post-MI would be non-inferior to continuing the drugs.