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Preoperative treatment with β-blockers is associated with elevated postoperative mortality and cardiac morbidity in patients with uncomplicated hypertension undergoing non-cardiac surgery

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  • Duminda N Wijeysundera Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Duminda N Wijeysundera, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8; d.wijeysundera{at}utoronto.ca
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Wijeysundera DN
Preoperative treatment with β-blockers is associated with elevated postoperative mortality and cardiac morbidity in patients with uncomplicated hypertension undergoing non-cardiac surgery
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2016;21:114-115.

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  • First published April 5, 2016.
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January 24, 2019

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