Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fraction

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Borja Ibáñez · Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research

Roberto Latini · Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Xavier Rosselló · Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research

Alberto Domínguez‐Rodríguez · Universidad de La Laguna

Felipe Fernández‐Vázquez · Hospital de León

Valentina Pelizzoni · Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital

Pedro L. Sánchez

Abstract

Among patients discharged after invasive care for a myocardial infarction with a left ventricular ejection fraction above 40%, beta-blocker therapy appeared to have no effect on the incidence of death from any cause, reinfarction, or hospitalization for heart failure. (Funded by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03596385; EudraCT number, 2017-002485-40.).

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Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 393, Issue 19, pp. 1889-1900

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2504735

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Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fraction

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