Abstract:We have read with great interest the recently published article by Neuman and coworkers 1 in which they hypothesized that nebivolol, a selective b 1 -antagonist that stimulates nitric oxide (NO), improves endothelial function in African Americans with hypertension when compared with metoprolol. In that well-designed study, the authors found evidence for NO bioavailability at rest during treatment with both nebivolol and metoprolol succinate in hypertensive African American patients, with a clear trend for a gr… Show more
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