Alpha measures a manager's skill in adding value to a portfolio beyond market gains. Beta assesses how a stock or fund's volatility compares to the market average. High alpha and low beta indicate ...

Within 90 days after hospitalization, 2202 patients were prescribed a non-selective beta-blocker, of which carvedilol (53%) and sotalol (40%) were the most prevalent. Selective beta-blockers were ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated ...