American Heart Journal
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 224-230, February 2007

A population-based analysis of the class effect of β-blockers after myocardial infarction

  • Stéphane Rinfret, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Michal Abrahamowicz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jack Tu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Evaluation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  • Karin Humphries, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia and Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Science, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Hugues Richard, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Peter C. Austin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Louise Pilote MD, MPH, PhD, Divisions of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1025 Pine Avenue West, V Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1.

Received 7 November 2005; accepted 11 November 2006. published online 30 December 2006.

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 This study was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP53181, MOP19671).

PII: S0002-8703(06)00987-2

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2006.11.008

American Heart Journal
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 224-230, February 2007