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This review details the clinical significance, evaluation, and treatment of arrhythmias following acute myocardial infarction, including ACC/AHA guidelines for pacemaker placement.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the evaluation and treatment of arrhythmias following acute myocardial infarction, including updated ACC/AHA guideline indications for pacemaker placement.
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Aids post-MI arrhythmia management per current guidelines; reinforces consensus while leaving prospective validation open.
Patients with myocardial infarction can experience a wide range of arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities, from transient and relatively innocuous sinus bradycardia to life-threatening ventricular fibrillation. This nut-and-bolts article covers all the possibilities, emphasizing the clinical significance of the various arrhythmias and their evaluation and treatment. Also included are indications for temporary and permanent pacemaker placement based on the revised ACC/AHA guidelines.
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Philip J. Podrid (1997) conducted a review in Arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction. This review details the clinical significance, evaluation, and treatment of arrhythmias following acute myocardial infarction, including ACC/AHA guidelines for pacemaker placement.
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