Why use beta blockers in heart failure?
Beta-Blockers – Beta-Blockers for Heart Failure Beta blockers are high on the treatment list because they can lengthen life and improve its quality. Symptoms include retaining fluid, coughing and lung congestion. Beta blockers — including metoprolol, carvedilol, atenolol and bisoprolol — help convince the heart not to beat faster to make up for the fact that it is working inefficiently. They block certain “receptors” in heart cells that normally receive chemical messages from the body telling the heart to beat faster.
