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July 19, 1990New England Journal of Medicine640 citations

The Effect of Warfarin on Mortality and Reinfarction after Myocardial Infarction

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PSPål SmithHAHarald ArnesenIHIngar Holme

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Does long-term therapy with warfarin reduce mortality and reinfarction in patients who survive the acute phase of myocardial infarction?

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Population
Patients who survive the acute phase of myocardial infarction
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Intervention
Long-term therapy with warfarin
O
Outcome
Mortality and reinfarctionhard clinical

Long-term warfarin therapy provides a beneficial effect on mortality and reinfarction for survivors of acute myocardial infarction.

Abstract

Long-term therapy with warfarin has an important beneficial effect after myocardial infarction and can be recommended in the treatment of patients who survive the acute phase.

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Smith et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e143ecbdb497f747a1a16dhttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199007193230302
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