Why the study?
Does the presence of ventricular tachycardia detected on ambulatory monitoring affect mortality and clinical outcomes in post-myocardial infarction patients?
Population
915 patients less than 66 years of age who survived the hospital phase of myocardial infarction. The…
Comparison
Presence of ventricular tachycardia detected… vs Matched control patients without ventricular…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
4-48 months
Authors
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NSVT on monitoring signals higher-risk post-MI patients; leaves open independent mortality prediction, requiring prospective confirmation.
Does the presence of ventricular tachycardia detected on ambulatory monitoring affect mortality and clinical outcomes in post-myocardial infarction patients?
In post-myocardial infarction patients, the detection of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia on ambulatory monitoring is associated with more severe underlying cardiac disease and ventricular irritability.
Anderson et al. (1978) studied this question.
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