EFFECT ON MORTALITY OF METOPROLOL IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. A Double-blind Randomised Trial

The Lancet

Volumn 318, Issue 8251, 1981, Pages 823-827

  Hjalmarson, A ^a   Herlitz, J ^a   Malek I ^a   Ryden L ^a   Vedin, A ^a   Waldenstrom A ^a   Wedel, H ^a   Elmfeldt, D ^a   Holmberg, S ^a   Nyberg, G ^a   Swedberg, K ^a   Waagstein, F ^a   Waldenstrom J ^a   Wilhelmsen, L ^a   Wilhelmsson, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; VERAPAMIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPANOLAMINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK;

EID: 0019520254     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(81)91101-6     Document Type: Article

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