Episode 269: 267. Beta Blockers DON'T Help Post-MI

randomized trial comparingbeta-blocker therapy (metoprolol or bisoprolol) with no beta-blocker in 5020 patients who had a normal left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after AMI median follow-up of 3.5 years, the primary composite endpoint — all-cause death or recurrent AMI — did not differ significantly between participants randomized to a beta-blocker versus no beta-blocker (7.9% vs. 8.3%, respectively). https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2401479