Vitamin E increases the risk of developing heart failure after myocardial infarction: results from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial

Marchioli, Roberto; Levantesi, Giacomo; Macchia, Alejandro; Maria Marfisi, Rosa; Luigi Nicolosi, Gian; Tavazzi, Luigi; Tognoni, Gianni; Valagussa, Franco

doi:10.2459/01.jcm.0000223257.09062.17

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Vitamin E increases the risk of developing heart failure after myocardial infarction: results from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial

Published in Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine • May 1, 2006

Authors:

Roberto Marchioli

Giacomo Levantesi

Alejandro Macchia

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although results from basic science suggested a protective role of vitamin E treatment in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, recent evidence indicates increased cardiovascular mortality due to vitamin E treatment. Recently, the HOPE trial showed an increment of the incidence of con...

Subject

Medicine

Heart failure

Ejection fraction

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