The Living Guidelines: STEMI Recommendations for Aldosterone Blockers Therapy Polling Results for CLASS I Guidelines

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Class I Guidelines
1. Use of aldosterone blockade in post MI patients without significant renal dysfunction or hyperkalemia is recommended in patients who are already receiving therapeutic doses of an ACE inhibitor and beta blocker, have an LVEF of ≤40%, and have either diabetes or HF. Class I (Level of Evidence: A)

 AHA / ACC 2007 STEMI Guidelines Aldosterone Blockers Therapy Class I Recommendation 1 should be CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III