Prevention of cardiac events by beta-blocking agents in elderly patients after myocardial infarction

• Published in: Nihon Rōnen Igakkai zasshi Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 273 - 277
• Main Authors: Ishikawa, K, Kanamasa, K, Hama, J, Ogawa, I, Takenaka, T, Kimura, A, Katori, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.04.1997
• Subjects: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control; Female; Heart Failure - prevention & control; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - drug therapy; Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies

We retrospectively analyzed the effect of beta-blocking agents on the incidence of cardiac events in elderly patients who had had myocardial infarction. A total of 1169 patients who had had a myocardial infarction (age, 60.2 +/- 11.4 years) were followed for a mean of 18.0 +/- 19.7 months and the in...