Journal article
EFFECT OF INTRAVENOUS NITRATES ON MORTALITY IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RANDOMISED TRIALS
Abstract
About 2000 patients have been randomised in ten trials of intravenous nitroglycerin or nitroprusside in acute myocardial infarction. Taken separately, the individual trials have all been too small to provide a reliable estimate of the effects of treatment on mortality, but collectively they provide strong evidence of benefit. In total there have been 136 nitrate and 193 control deaths, and an appropriate overview of the separate trial results …
Authors
Yusuf S; Macmahon S; Collins R; Peto R
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 331, No. 8594, pp. 1088–1092
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 1988
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(88)91906-x
ISSN
0140-6736