Presbyterian Healthcare 
Heart Attack (AMI Care)
Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival
| Beta blockers are a type of medicine used to lower blood pressure, treat chest pian (angina) and heart failure, and to help prevent a heart attack. |
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Why this is important:
Beta blockers are a type of medicine that is used to lower blood pressure, treat chest pain (angina) and heart failure, and to help prevent a heart attack. Beta blockers relieve the stress on the heart by slowing the heart rate and reducing the force with which the heart muscle contracts (to pump blood). Most heart attack patients should be given a beta blocker within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital.
