Lack of efficacy of atenolol for the prevention of neurally mediated syncope in a highly symptomatic population: a prospective, double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled study
Antonio H. Madrid, MDa,
Javier Ortega, MDa,
Jose G. Rebollo, MDa,
Juan G. Manzano, MDa,
Javier G. Segovia, MDa,
Andrés Sánchez, MDa,
Gonzalo Peña, MDa and
Concepción Moro, MDa
a Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Alcalá University, Department of Medicine, Madrid, Spain

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Figure 1 Primary hypothesis of the study. Kaplan-Meier estimates of the probability of remaining free of syncopal recurrence (time to first syncopal recurrence) in the patients treated with atenolol or the placebo. Dotted line = atenolol; solid line = placebo.
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Figure 2 Analyses of the data stratified by the outcome of tilt-table testing. Kaplan-Meier curves for the patients with tilt positive and tilt negative results, time to first syncopal recurrence in the patients treated with atenolol or the placebo. Dotted line = atenolol; solid line = placebo.
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