Key result
Mechanical LV dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias are independently linked to post-MI mortality.
Why the study?
The independent relationships between left ventricular dysfunction, ventricular arrhythmias, and mortality after acute myocardial infarction are established, but it is unknown whether reducing ventricular arrhythmias with antiarrhythmic drugs reduces mortality.
Does reducing ventricular arrhythmias with antiarrhythmic drugs after AMI reduce mortality?
Does reducing ventricular arrhythmias with antiarrhythmic drugs after AMI reduce mortality?
Both left ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias are independent predictors of mortality after myocardial infarction, though the mortality benefit of antiarrhythmic therapy remains unproven.
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LV dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias independently predict post-MI mortality; leaves open whether antiarrhythmic therapy improves survival.
J. Thomas Bigger (1986) conducted a review in Acute myocardial infarction. Mechanical left ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias are independently related to mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
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