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In previous chapters it has been shown that nitrates are used to treat various pre-infarction ischemic conditions as well as postinfarction complications, such as acute heart failure, mechanical complication and postinfarction angina. Nitrates may also be used for acute myocardial infarction per se. Moreover several early intervention studies revealed beneficial effects of other anti-ischemic agents such as beta-adrenoreceptor blockers in acute myocardial infarction. Therefore it is interesting to review the facts and hypotheses on the use of nitrates in these conditions.
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Schneeweiss, A., Weiss, M. (1988). Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Advances in Nitrate Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97066-5_9
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