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Editorial
. 2017 Oct;9(10):3616-3619.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.93.

Are beta blockers still necessary for all survivors of acute myocardial infarction?

Daisaku Nakatani  1 , Yasuhiko Sakata  2
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Editorial

Are beta blockers still necessary for all survivors of acute myocardial infarction?

Daisaku Nakatani et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Cumulative incidence of mortality among STEMI patients who underwent PCI and were discharged alive with GRACE risk scores <121 (A) and ≥121 (B) (16). Green and red lines indicate estimates for those treated with BB and without BB, respectively. Numbers below the x-axis indicate the number of patients in each group at risk at the indicated time. STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; GRACE, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Prognostic impact of beta-blocker treatment at discharge of STEMI for mortality according to GRACE risk scores in the matched population (16). STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; GRACE, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.
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