Journal article
EARLY INTRAVENOUS ATENOLOL TREATMENT IN SUSPECTED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Abstract
All patients suitable for beta blockade entering the coronary care units at Oxford and Manchester were studied in a randomised trial to determine whether administration of intravenous atenolol within 12 hours of chest pain reduced infarct size and ventricular arrythmias. Infarct size was measured using cumulative CKMB release and R wave changes from the standard ECG. The preliminary report on the first 214 patients showed prevention of …
Authors
Sleight P; Yusuf S; Peto R; Rossi P; Ramsdale D; Bennett D; Bray C; Furse L
Journal
Journal of internal medicine. Supplement, Vol. 210, No. S651, pp. 185–192
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 12, 1981
DOI
10.1111/j.0954-6820.1981.tb03655.x
ISSN
0955-7873