A natural history study evaluated the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in the first 12 hours of acute myocardial infarction in 38 patients, but the abstract reports no quantitative results.
Observational (n=38)
Does the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in the first 12 hours of acute myocardial infarction differ between patients who develop primary ventricular fibrillation and those who do not?
This natural history study aimed to characterize the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in the first 12 hours of acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without primary ventricular fibrillation.
The prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in the first 12 hours of acute myocardial infarction has been compared in 17 patients selected on the basis of their developing primary ventricular fibrillation and 21 apparently similar patients without primary ventricular fibrillation. None received or had been receiving antiarrhythmic therapy, digoxin, or diuretics before inclusion in the study. Continuously recorded electrocardiographic tapes were analysed by three independent observers and a specially developed computer system.
Campbell et al. (Thu,) conducted a observational in acute myocardial infarction (n=38). A natural history study evaluated the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias in the first 12 hours of acute myocardial infarction in 38 patients, but the abstract reports no quantitative results.
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