Why the study?
Does pharmacologic therapy (nitroglycerin, heart rate modulation) improve electrical stability and reduce ischemic injury in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction?
Does pharmacologic therapy (nitroglycerin, heart rate modulation) improve electrical stability and reduce ischemic injury in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction?
In the early phase of acute myocardial infarction, lower heart rates and nitroglycerin may reduce ischemic injury and increase electrical stability, challenging the notion that sinus bradycardia inherently predisposes to ventricular fibrillation.
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May support avoiding tachycardia but not moderate bradycardia in early MI; leaves open prospective trials of nitroglycerin on ischemia and arrhythmias.
Stephen E. Epstein (1973) studied this question.
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