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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Antioxidants do not reduce mortality or major coronary events after a myocardial infarction Kaplan-Meier estimates of total and cardiac mortality fail to show a benefit from supplemental therapy with alpha-tocopherol or β-carotene in men with a previous myocardial infarction. Compared to placebo, there was a significant increase in cardiac mortality among patients treated with beta carotene (p = 0.007) and those treated with both beta carotene and alpha-tocopherol (p = 0.03). Data from Rapola, JM, Virtamo, J, Ripatti, S, et al Lancet 1997; 349:1715.