title: Treatment with verapamil during and after an acute myocardial infarction: a review based on the Danish Verapamil Infarction Trials I and II. The Danish Study Group on Verapamil in Myocardial Infarction.
abstract: The effect of verapamil on death and reinfarction after an acute myocardial infarction was studied in two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trials, the Danish Verapamil Infarction Trials I and II (DAVIT I and II). The studies demonstrated that verapamil 360 mg/day from the 2nd week after an acute myocardial infarction, prevented death and reinfarction. Meta-analyses of the results of DAVITs I and II resulted in a reduction of pooled ratios of 22% (95% confidence limits 1-37, p = 0.04) for death, 21% (5-35, p = 0.02) for first major events (first reinfarction or death), and 27% (6-43, p = 0.02) for first reinfarctions. The effect of verapamil was to prevent myocardial ischemia and reduce sudden death and reinfarction. It is concluded that long-term treatment with verapamil after an acute myocardial infarction may be recommended with the object of reducing overall mortality, major events and reinfarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003718:Denmark; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014700:Verapamil