Naciam: N-acetylcysteine offers a post-MI boost

Sunday, August 28, 2016 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

The addition of intravenous (IV) N-acetylcysteine (NAC) to IV glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) significantly reduced infarct size by approximately one third in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to Hot Line research reported here.

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