Prognostic importance of ventricular extrasystoles in acute myocardial infarction.

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  • S Talbot
چکیده

Ventricular arrhythmias were recorded in 233 patients in a prospective study of patients with acute myocardial infarction. In over 95% of patients antiarrhythmic therapy was not given until the onset of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or persistent idioventricular rhythm. There was a mortality of 18% during the patients' stay in hospital. The most important features of ventricular ectopic activity, which preceded these severe ventricular arrhythmias in the first 48 hr, were multiformity, variation of coupling intervals of larger or equal to 0-1 sec, the R-on-T phenomenon, double ventricular extrasystoles and ventricular bigeminy. The number of a single ventricular extrasystoles per minute was related to the probability of these severe ventricular arrhythmias but to a lesser degree. It was found that if all the patients with the first two prognostic features that if all the patients with the first two prognostic features were removed, the number of single ventricular extrasystoles was not of significant import and the other features were less important. Three-quarters of the severe arrhythmias occurred in the first 24 hr and during this period 60% were preceded by either multiform ventricular extrasystoles or extrasystoles with variable coupling. The importance of these findings in relation to prophylactic therapy is discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 53 616  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1977