ACE and hydrops fetalis: However, physicians with greater self-reported rates of prescribing beta-blockers among their HF patients were significantly more likely to actually prescribe beta-blockers to their HF patients (p = 0.02); a similar, non-significant relationship was observed for self-reported ACE-Inhibitor prescribing and actual beta-blocker prescribing (p = 0.07), but not for diuretic prescribing (p = 0.34).