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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2005) 2, 440-441
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0296  
Received 12 May 2005 | Accepted 15 June 2005

Is eplerenone a cost-effective therapy for heart failure patients after myocardial infarction?

Kenneth Dickstein

Correspondence University of Bergen, Cardiology Division, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

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This article has no abstract so we have provided the first paragraph of the full text.

Interventions to attenuate pathological matrix turnover and remodeling with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers have improved survival and reduced morbidity in patients following MI.1, 2 An intervention designed to further reduce remodeling and improve patient outcomes during long-term follow-up requires evaluation of a large sample of high-risk patients, as any incremental benefit would be small.

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