Beneficial Effects of Vitamin E Treatment in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Sethi, Rajat; Takeda, Nobuakira; Nagano, Makoto; S. Dhalla, Naranjan

doi:10.1177/107424840000500107

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Beneficial Effects of Vitamin E Treatment in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Published in Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics • Mar 1, 2000

Authors:

Rajat Sethi

Nobuakira Takeda

Makoto Nagano

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Vitamin E (Vit E), an antioxidant, is considered to prolong survival in patients and animals after myocardial infarction. Because myocardial infarction is associated with arrhythmia and heart dysfunction, this study tested the hypothesis that early treatment with Vit E reduces mortality ...

Subject

Medicine

Myocardial infarction

Internal medicine

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