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Simple intervention with NNT of 4 for post-MI patients

A patient status-post recent MI comes to see her/his physician.  VisTa gives NNT data for post-MI patients for the clinician's consideration including an NNT of 4 for saving one life at one year with treatment post-MI with 30 mg po bid of co-enzyme Q-10 in an study from India.

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