Arrhythmia Suppression Following Myocardial Infarction

This chapter provides a summary of a landmark study in internal medicine. Do antiarrhythmic medications—which were widely used to suppress ventricular arrhythmias prior to the publication of CAST—improve survival in patients with recent myocardial infarctions? Starting with that question, it describes the basics of the study, including funding, study location, who was studied, how many patients, study overview, study intervention, follow-up, endpoints, results, and criticism and limitations. The chapter briefly reviews other relevant studies and information, discusses implications, and concludes with a relevant clinical case.