Table 2.
In hospital medical therapy and medication prescribed at discharge for patients with and without reinfarction.
| Discharge or in hospital medication | Reinfarction | No reinfarction | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n | % | n | % | ||
| Aspirin | 165 | 97.6 | 1940 | 95.5 | 0.19 |
| Ticlopidine or clopidogrel | 117 | 69.2 | 1212 | 59.6 | 0.01 |
| Ticlopidine | 16 | 9.5 | 243 | 12.0 | 0.33 |
| Clopidogrel | 101 | 59.8 | 974 | 47.9 | 0.003 |
| Beta blocker | 149 | 88.2 | 1783 | 87.7 | 0.87 |
| Lipid lowering drug | 136 | 80.5 | 1652 | 81.3 | 0.79 |
| ACE inhibitor or AT-1 blocker | 143 | 84.6 | 1628 | 80.1 | 0.16 |
| ACE inhibitor or ARB | 138 | 81.7 | 1576 | 77.6 | 0.22 |
| ARB | 7 | 4.1 | 63 | 3.1 | 0.46 |
| Warfarin | 13 | 7.7 | 202 | 9.9 | 0.34 |
| Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor | 3 | 1.8 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
| Diuretics | 38 | 22.5 | 333 | 16.4 | 0.04 |
| Spironolactone | 8 | 4.7 | 116 | 5.7 | 0.60 |
| Calcium channel blocker | 12 | 7.1 | 117 | 5.8 | 0.48 |
| Long acting nitrate | 30 | 17.8 | 468 | 23.0 | 0.12 |
| Sublingual nitrate | 58 | 34.3 | 594 | 29.2 | 0.16 |
| Antiarrhythmic agent | 6 | 3.6 | 78 | 3.8 | 0.85 |
| Digoxin | 5 | 3.0 | 56 | 2.8 | 0.88 |
| Insulin | 19 | 11.2 | 118 | 5.8 | 0.005 |
| Oral antidiabetic | 31 | 18.3 | 267 | 13.1 | 0.06 |
ACE inhibitor: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB: Angiotensin receptor 1 blocker