Immediate β-blockade in patients with myocardial infarctions: Is there evidence of benefit?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sinert, Richard ^a   Newman, David H ^b   Brandler, Ethan ^a   Paladino, Lorenzo ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LABETALOL; METOPROLOL; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049453757     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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