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not tolerating beta blockers?

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Joe

not tolerating beta blockers?
March 13, 2019 05:22PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 819

While the research is with MI i wonder how it (T3) would affect AF?
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Elizabeth

Re: not tolerating beta blockers?
March 13, 2019 11:11PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 1,748

Joe:

Interesting, as you probably know T3 would stimulate the heart rate, a beta blocker slows it, after a Heart attack, don't know about using T3. For people that cannot tolerate a beta blocker they could put in a pacemaker so that the heart rate couldn't fall below whatever the pacer is set at.

liz