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Can β-blocker use lower mortality and improve myocardial tissue recovery after acute myocardial infarction?

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boxed-textHalkin A et al. (2004) Impact of intravenous beta-blockade before primary angioplasty on survival in patients undergoing mechanical reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 43: 1780–1787

Early β-blocker therapy reduces adverse outcomes in patients with STEMI even when undergoing primary angioplasty

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