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Prognostic significance of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by programmed ventricular stimulation using up to triple extrastimuli in survivors of acute myocardial infarction.
American Journal of Cardiology 1990 May 2
The prognostic significance of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) induced by programmed ventricular stimulation using up to 3 extrastimuli was evaluated in 133 consecutive survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at a mean interval of 1.8 +/- 1.1 months after onset. This was compared with hemodynamic and angiographic abnormalities shown by cardiac catheterization and ventricular ectopic activity detected by Holter monitoring. Sustained monomorphic VT was induced in 25 (19%) patients, sustained polymorphic VT in 11 (8%) patients, nonsustained monomorphic VT (greater than or equal to 10 beats) in 12 patients (9%) and nonsustained polymorphic VT in 9 patients (7%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis of clinical, angiographic, hemodynamic and electrocardiographic variables showed that the presence of a left ventricular aneurysm (p = 0.005) and Lown grade 4B ventricular ectopic activity (p less than 0.001) were independent predictors of inducibility of sustained monomorphic VT. During a mean follow-up of 21 +/- 13 months, there were 8 (6%) sudden cardiac deaths and 3 (2.3%) spontaneous occurrences of life-threatening sustained VT. The 2-year probability of freedom from sudden cardiac death or sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias was 53 +/- 13% for patients with inducible sustained monomorphic VT, 70 +/- 10% for those with a left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% and 58 +/- 13% for those with Lown grade 4B ventricular ectopic activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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