Summary:In 10 men with stable exertional angina, the changes in exercise capacity, hemodynamics, and left ventricular (LV) function were measured after 20 mg sublingual nifedipine (N) and again after adding 100 mg oral metoprolol (M). Nifedipine alone did not significantly improve exercise workloads ( + 18 %) and duration ( + 2 1 %), but the addition of metoprolol increased both parameters by a further 37 and 32%, respectively (both p
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