Sudden death after myocardial infarction--who needs prophylaxis, and when?

Editorial

Alfred E Buxton. N Engl J Med. 2005.

. 2005 Jun 23;352(25):2638-40.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe058085.

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Comment in

Sudden death in patients with myocardial infarction.
Zijlstra F, van der Horst IC. Zijlstra F, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 22;353(12):1294-7; author reply 1294-7. N Engl J Med. 2005. PMID: 16180271 No abstract available.

Sudden death in patients with myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both.
Solomon SD, Zelenkofske S, McMurray JJ, Finn PV, Velazquez E, Ertl G, Harsanyi A, Rouleau JL, Maggioni A, Kober L, White H, Van de Werf F, Pieper K, Califf RM, Pfeffer MA; Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (VALIANT) Investigators. Solomon SD, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 23;352(25):2581-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa043938. N Engl J Med. 2005. PMID: 15972864