Prognostic impact of early ventricular fibrillation in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary PCI.

Marina Demidova, Gustav Smith, Carl-Johan Höijer, Fredrik Holmqvist, David Erlinge, Pyotr Platonov

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Abstract

Current guidelines do not advocate implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) for survivors of ventricular fibrillation (VF) during the first 48 hours of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, contemporary studies in a real-life setting with long-term follow-up are lacking. We assessed the prognostic impact of early VF in a non-selected population of STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-311
JournalEuropean Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
Volume1
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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