Does perioperative administration of atenolol for 1 week reduce the incidence of postoperative myocardial ischemia in patients at high risk for coronary artery disease?
Perioperative atenolol for 1 week in high-risk patients reduces postoperative myocardial ischemia and is associated with lower 2-year mortality.
Perioperative administration of atenolol for 1 week to patients at high risk for coronary artery disease significantly reduces the incidence of postoperative myocardial ischemia. Reductions in perioperative myocardial ischemia are associated with reductions in the risk for death at 2 yr.
Wallace et al. (Thu,) studied this question.