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Cardiac Arrhythmias During Acute Myocardial Infarction

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In the patient with acute myocardial infarction (MI), the clinician may encounter a variety of abnormal cardiac rhythms and conduction disturbances. The incidence of specific arrhythmias varies, depending on the time from onset of infarction (table 4-1). In order to catalog these rhythm disturbances, several classification schemes have been proposed. According to a modified version of the scheme developed by Lown in 1969, arrhythmias in patients with acute MI may be divided into three broad categories [1]:

  1. 1.

    Arrhythmias due to electrical instability.

  2. 2.

    Arrhythmias due to pump failure/excessive sympathetic stimulation.

  3. 3.

    Bradyarrhythmias and conduction disturbances.

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Elliott M. Antman M.D., F.A.C.C (Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School, Director Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit) & John D. Rutherford M.B., F.R.A.C.P., F.A.C.C (Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Clinical Cardiology Service)

  2. Cardiologist, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    John D. Rutherford M.B., F.R.A.C.P., F.A.C.C (Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Clinical Cardiology Service)

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Antman, E.M., Rutherford, J.D. (1986). Cardiac Arrhythmias During Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Coronary Care Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2303-7_4

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