Reperfusion ventricular arrhythmia 'bursts' predict larger infarct size despite TIMI 3 flow restoration with primary angioplasty for anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 757-764

  Majidi, Mohamed ^a,b   Kosinski, Andrzej S ^a,c   Al Khatib, Sana M ^a,c   Lemmert, Miguel E ^b   Smolders, Lilian ^b   Van Weert, Anton ^d   Reiber, Johan H C ^d,e   Tzivoni, Dan ^f   Bär, Frits W H M ^b   Wellens, Hein J J ^g   Gorgels, Anton P M ^b,g   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^a,c  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BioClinica Inc   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beat to beat Holter monitoring; Continuous 12 lead ECG monitoring; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Reperfusion ventricular arrhythmia bursts; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Statistical outlier detection methodology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REPERFUSION VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849106460     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp005     Document Type: Article

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