Benefit of Vasodilating β-Blockers in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Although current guidelines recommend β-blocker after acute myocardial infarction (MI), the role of β-blocker has not been well investigated in the modern reperfusion era. In particular, the benefit of vasodilating β-blocker over conventional β-blocker is still unexplored. Using nation-wide multicenter Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry data, we analyzed clinical outcomes of 7127 patients with acute MI who underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention with stents and took β-blockers: vasodilating β-blocker (n=3482), and conventional β-blocker (n=3645). In the whole population, incidence of cardiac death at 1 year was significantly lower in the vasodilating β-blocker group (vasodilating β-blockers versus conventional β-blockers, 1.0% versus 1.9%; P=0.003). In 2882 pairs o

SUBMITTER: Chung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5721887 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature