Table 2.

Acronyms and full names of trials mentioned in this article

Short name	Full name
AF-CHF	Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure
AFFIRM	The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management
BEST	Beta-Blocker Evaluation in Survival Trial
BHAT	Beta Blocker Heart Attack Trial
BIP	Bezafibrate Intervention Study
CAPRICORN	Carvedilol Post-Infarct Survival Control in Left Ventricular Dysfunction
CHARISMA	Clopidogrel for High Atherothrombotic Risk and Ischemic Stabilization, Management, and Avoidance
CIBIS-II	Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study
COMET	Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial
COMMIT	Clopidogrel and Metoprolol in Myocardial Infarction Trial
COPERNICUS	Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival
ISIS-1	First International Study of Infarct Survival
J-DHF	Japanese Diastolic Heart Failure Study
MERIT-HF	Metoprolol CR/XL Randomised Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure
MIAMI	Metoprolol in acute myocardial infarction
MOCHA	Multicenter Oral Carvedilol Heart Failure Assessment
MUSTT	Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial
PRECISE	Percutaneous Robotically Enhanced Coronary Intervention
SENIORS	Study of Effects of Nebivolol Intervention on Outcomes and Rehospitalization in Seniors With Heart Failure
UKPDS	UK Prospective Diabetes Study
β-PRESERVE	Rationale and design of the β-blocker in heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction