Ventricular tachyarrhythmias remain a common cause of sudden death in acute myocardial infarction, requiring appropriate risk assessment and ongoing study for prevention and treatment.
Ventricular tachyarrhythmias remain a significant cause of mortality post-myocardial infarction, requiring ongoing risk assessment and management.
Ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VAs) commonly occur early in ischaemia, and remain a common cause of sudden death in acute MI. The thrombolysis and primary percutaneous coronary intervention era has resulted in the modification of the natural history of an infarct and subsequent VA. Presence of VA could independently influence mortality in patients recovering from MI. Appropriate risk assessment and subsequent treatment is warranted in these patients. The prevention and treatment of haemodynamically significant VA in the post-infarct period and of sudden cardiac death remote from the event remain areas of ongoing study.
Bhar-Amato et al. (2017) conducted a review in Ventricular Arrhythmia after Acute Myocardial Infarction. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias remain a common cause of sudden death in acute myocardial infarction, requiring appropriate risk assessment and ongoing study for prevention and treatment.