OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of cardioselective beta-blockers on respiratory function of patients with reactive airway disease. DATA SOURCES: Comprehensive searches of the EMBASE, MEDLINE ...

The Cleveland Clinic classified beta blockers into two categories, cardioselective and nonselective, according to its website. The latter is for medicines that block the B1 receptors found in the ...

Cardioselectivity: All beta-blockers act upon both beta-1 and beta-2 receptors. The “cardioselective” beta-blockers act upon beta-1 receptors much more than the beta-2 receptors. For this ...

The apparently slower decline in the mmHD subgroup notwithstanding, she said, these patients’ older age, higher rates of smoking and hypertension, and use of cardioselective beta blockers ...

Cardioselective beta-blockers act on beta-1 more than beta-2 and thus will not trigger or worsen asthma as much as non-cardioselective beta-blockers. Carvedilol and labetalol are non-selective ...