Word: propranolol
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...rush to surgery, Russek feels, is self-destructive; good medical treatment is now available that can control the causes of angina and the crippling heart attacks that often follow. Russek treated one series of 102 patients suffering from severe angina for six years with a special combination of drugs: propranolol (Inderal), a drug that slows down the heart and reduces its need for oxygen, and long-acting nitrates that dilate the blood vessels and increase blood flow to the heart muscle. Only 1.2% of Russek's coronary patients died each year-about the same mortality rate from heart attacks...