What is it about?
This study investigated the relationship between the timing of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation and prognosis in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction.
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Why is it important?
The timing of VT/VF occurrences had a bimodal peak. Although late VT/VF occurrence after primary PCI was less frequent than early VT/VF occurrence, patients with late VT/VF had a very poor prognosis.
Perspectives
This is the first study to demonstrate that VT/VF occurrence has a bimodal peak after primary PCI in patients with AMI. Moreover, the timing of late VT/VF was strongly related to the timing of the secondary peak of in-hospital cardiac death, and late VT/VF was an independent predictor of in-hospital cardiac mortality. Careful management of patients with late VT/VF is crucial.
Takada Takuma
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This page is a summary of: Impact of Late Ventricular Arrhythmias on Cardiac Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Journal of Interventional Cardiology, July 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2019/5345178.
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