| There was a 13 percent relative reduction in the rate of heart failure in patients who had a myocardial infarction during the study period. |
| Autopsy of the patient showed mild lung scarring but no evidence of acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, or cerebrovascular accident. |
| All study participants had a history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris during the previous three to 36 months. |
| These risks include bleeding, infection, hematoma, pneumothorax, pericardial effusion, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. |
| In the placebo-controlled trials, atenolol had no effect on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction, or stroke. |
| Cardiac diagnoses such as acute myocardial infarction, angina, dysrhythmia, and heart failure, are very common causes for hospital admission. |
