Significance of inducible very fast ventricular tachycardia (cycle length 200-230 ms) after early reperfusion for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 884-890

  Zaman, Sarah ^a,c   Kumar, Saurabh ^b   Sullivan, Janice ^a   Narayan, Arun ^a   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias, cardiac; Cardioverter defibrillators, implantable; Death, sudden, cardiac; Electrophysiology; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891553791     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000213     Document Type: Article

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