Modification of high blood pressure after myocardial infarction.
The treatment of high blood pressure (BP) after myocardial infarction is extremely important to decrease reinfarction and mortality. BP should be controlled more strictly in this high-risk hypertensive population. Recently, many clinical trials have demonstrated the benefits of lifestyle modification and antihypertensive agents, particularly beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Treatment with these agents that modify BP may benefit even normotensive patients after a myocardial infarction, although the benefit is greater in hypertensives.
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Hypertension Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA. kak2012@mail.med.cornell.edu
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D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents