Population
4,122 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction who were discharged alive, mean age 66 years…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 4.1 years
Authors
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Severely reduced LVEF strongly predicts sudden cardiac death after MI; confirms risk stratification value but leaves open optimal prevention in the primary PCI era.
In the primary PCI era, the overall incidence of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction is low, but severely reduced LVEF remains a strong predictor of risk.
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