In-hospital major arrhythmias, arrhythmic death and resuscitation after successful primary percutaneous intervention for acute transmural infarction: a retrospective single-centre cohort study

In-hospital major arrhythmias, arrhythmic death and resuscitation after successful primary percutaneous intervention for acute transmural infarction: a retrospective single-centre cohort study

Abstract Background Transmural acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with a high risk for ventricular arrhythmia before, during and after treatment. Consequently, it is recommended that patients diagnosed with transmural AMI be monitored in a cardiac care unit (CCU) so life-threatening arr...

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Main Authors: Marco Albanese, Korhan Alpaslan, Taoufik Ouarrak, Peter Merguet, Steffen Schneider, Wolfgang Schöls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Myocardial infarction
Arrhythmias, cardiac
Ventricular fibrillation
Tachycardia, ventricular
Resuscitation
Death, sudden, cardiac
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0851-z

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