Expert Panel Discussion The ASCOT Trial—Are β‐Blockers Still Useful as Antihypertensive Medication?

Abstract

Following a hypertension symposium in New York, NY in March 2006, an expert panel was convened to discuss the Anglo‐Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) and the future of β‐blocker therapy. Dr Marvin Moser of the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT chaired the panel, which included Dr Thomas D. Giles, President of the American Society of Hypertension and Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Dr Thomas G. Pickering, Director of Behavioral Cardiovascular Health at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; and Dr Ronald G. Victor, Professor of Internal Medicine and Division Chief of Hypertension at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.