The role of long term beta-blockade after myocardial infarction: Paper 3.

For many years the search has gone on for suitable drug therapy to improve survival following myocardial infarction. Most recently, beta-adrenergic blockade has entered the lists. Naturally beta-blockade is used in the conventional way to combat angina pectoris following an infarct, and one can expect that 70 per cent of patients will obtain significant relief.