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Severe carvedilol toxicity without overdose – caution in cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Carvedilol is used in the management of hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart failure and most recently, portal hypertension. It has been associated with improved outcomes regarding variceal bleeding, hepatic decompensation and death when compared to propranolol and endoscopic band...

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Autores principales: Maharaj, Satish, Seegobin, Karan, Perez-Downes, Julio, Bajric, Belinda, Chang, Simone, Reddy, Pramod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40885-017-0083-z