| 1. | The group was divided into four to compare metoprolol to fluvastatin.
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| 2. | Betaxolol also shows greater affininty for beta 1 receptors than metoprolol.
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| 3. | About half were also given metoprolol; the rest were given a placebo.
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| 4. | As previously reported, there were significantly fewer deaths in the metoprolol group.
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| 5. | Two groups received only metoprolol or only fluvastatin.
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| 6. | Researchers reported in June that metoprolol reduced deaths by 34 percent in heart failure patients.
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| 7. | Sweden's Astra is eager to keep its angina and hypertension drug metoprolol in the limelight.
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| 8. | In the study, metoprolol and fluvastatin exerted their benefits on different regions of the carotid artery.
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| 9. | It is treated with beta-blockers, such as metoprolol, and usually carries a favorable prognosis.
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| 10. | Fluvastatin slowed plaque formation in the main segment of the artery while metoprolol acted where the artery divides into branches.
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