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1. CHARM Program: 3 Component trials comparing candesartan with placebo
2. CHARM Program: Baseline characteristics
3. CHARM Program: Baseline medications
4. CHARM-Overall: CV death and non-CV death
5. CHARM Program: Reduction in mortality and morbidity
6. CHARM Program: Reduction in CHF hospitalization
7. CHARM-Preserved: Hospital admissions for CHF
8. CHARM-Overall: Effects of candesartan on CV death or HF hospitalizationSubgroup analysis
9. CHARM-Overall: Effects of candesartan on CV death or HF hospitalizationSubgroup analysis (contd)
10. CHARM-Added: Effect of combined ACE inhibitor/?-blocker/AT1-receptor blocker
11. CHARM-Overall: Drug discontinuations for adverse events
12. CHARM: Clinical implications
13. CHARM-Overall: Reduction in new-onset diabetes
14. CHARM: Impact of treatment
15. HF with preserved LV systolic function in the elderly: Impact on survival
16. CHARM-Preserved: CV death or CHF hospitalization
17. CHARM-Preserved: Primary and secondary outcomes
18. CHARM-Preserved: Clinical implications
19. VALIANT: Design
20. VALIANT: Concomitant medications
21. VALIANT: Treatments show similar effect on outcome
22. VALIANT: Clinical implications
23. VALIANT: Effect of treatment on mortalitySubgroup analysis
24. RESOLVD: Comparative impact of ACE inhibitor, ARB, and ?-blocker alone or combined on LVEF
25. Differences in dosing among ARB trials
26. Survival studies of ?-blockade in HF
27. ?-Blockers improve survival in diabetic patients with HF: A meta-analysis
28. MERIT-HF: ?-Blockade improves survival in CHF
29. MERIT-HF: ?-Blockade improves survival in post-MI patients with HF
30. MERIT-HF: Subgroup analysis in post-MI patients with HF (LVEF <25%)
31. SOLVD: Heart rate predicts progression of asymptomatic LV dysfunction
32. MERIT-HF: Effect of ?-blockade on heart rate
33. MERIT-HF: ?-Blockade decreases mortality and hospitalization independent of resting heart rate
34. CHRISTMAS: Design
35. CHRISTMAS: Trial profile
36. CHRISTMAS: Change in LVEF according to number of segments affected by myocardial hibernation
37. COMET: Trial profile
38. COMET: All-cause mortality
39. COMET: Heart rate at each visit
40. COMET: Blood pressure
41. ?-Blocker HF trials: Mortality results
42. Mortality rates in perspective CIBIS-II, MERIT-HF, COMET
43. Immediate-release vs sustained release metoprolol: Significant pharmacokinetic differences
44. COMET: Clinical implications
45. Comparison of ?-blocker effects in major HF trials
46. Not all ?-blockers are the same