COMPARISON OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION WITH AND WITHOUT VENTRICULAR-FIBRILLATION

Authors
BREZINS M ELYASSOV S ELIMELECH I ROGUIN N
Citation
M. Brezins et al., COMPARISON OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION WITH AND WITHOUT VENTRICULAR-FIBRILLATION, The American journal of cardiology, 78(8), 1996, pp. 948
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:8<948:COPWAM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Among 1,590 patients with acute myocardial infarction from 1990 to 199 4, the rare of primary ventricular fibrillation was 3.6%. The prevalen ce of smoking, complete left bundle branch block, hypokalemia, and dec reased left ventricular function was higher in patients with ventricul ar fibrillation while these on thrombolytic therapy and those with non -Q-wave myocardial infarction were significantly lower.