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Benefit of Vasodilating β-Blockers in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study
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Chung J, Han JK, Kim YJ, Kim CJ, Ahn Y, Chan Cho M, Chae SC, Chae IH, Chae JK, Seong IW, Yang HM, Park KW, Kang HJ, Koo BK, Jeong MH, Kim HS, investigators for Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (KAMIR)
Benefit of Vasodilating β-Blockers in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study
 Journal of the American Heart Association 

(Abstract)
BACKGROUND:
 Although current guidelines recommend β-blocker after acute myocardial infarction (MI), the role of β-blocker has not been well investigated in the modern reperfusion era. In particular, the benefit of vasodilating β-blocker over conventional β-blocker is still unexplored.

 METHODS AND RESULTS:
 Using nation-wide multicenter Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry data, we analyzed clinical outcomes of 7127 patients with acute MI who underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention with stents and took β-blockers: vasodilating β-blocker (n=3482), and conventional β-blocker (n=3645). In the whole population, incidence of cardiac death at 1 year was significantly lower in the vasodilating β-blocker group (vasodilating β-blockers versus conventional β-blockers, 1.0% versus 1.9%; P=0.003). In 2882 pairs of propensity score-matched population, the incidence of cardiac death was significantly lower in the vasodilating β-blocker group (1.1% versus 1.8%; P=0.028). Although incidences of MI (1.1% versus 1.5%; P=0.277), any revascularization (2.8% versus 3.0%; P=0.791), and hospitalization for heart failure (1.4% versus 1.9%; P=0.210) were not different between the 2 groups, incidences of cardiac death or MI (2.0% versus 3.1%; P=0.010), cardiac death, MI, or hospitalization for heart failure (3.0% versus 4.5%; P=0.003), cardiac death, MI, or any revascularization (3.9% versus 5.3%; P=0.026), and cardiac death, MI, any revascularization, or hospitalization for heart failure (4.8% versus 6.5%; P=0.011) were significantly lower in the vasodilating β-blocker group.

 CONCLUSIONS:
 Vasodilating β-blocker therapy resulted in better clinical outcomes than conventional β-blocker therapy did in patients with acute MI in the modern reperfusion era. Vasodilating β-blockers could be recommended preferentially to conventional ones for acute MI patients.