Beta Blockers Are the Drugs of Choice for Exertional Angina

question 29

Multiple Choice

Beta blockers are the drugs of choice for exertional angina because they:

• A) Improve myocardial oxygen supply by vasodilating the coronary arteries
• B) Decrease myocardial oxygen demand by decreasing heart rate and vascular resistance
• C) Both 1 and 2
• D) Neither 1 nor 2

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