Incidence and time frame of life-threatening arrhythmias in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue JUNE, 2012, Pages

  Cricri, Patrizia ^a   Trachsel, Lukas D ^a   Müller, Peter ^a   Wäckerlin, Adrian ^a   Reinhart, Walter H ^a   Bonetti, Piero O ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Myocardial infarction; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VEIN GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863763507     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13604     Document Type: Article

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