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Figure 2 Percentage of patients receiving various discharge medications that have a proven value for enhancing survival after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Note that only 65% of patients were discharged with a beta-blocker, despite knowledge for more than 10 years that beta-blocker therapy in post-MI patients reduces subsequent mortality. ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme. ASA = aspirin.

Data from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-3, http://www.med.ucla.edu/champ/NRMI.htm. Reprinted with permission from Gregg C. Fonarow, MD.