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Acute ischemia is a major contributing factor in sudden cardiac death attributable to ventricular fibrillation [1, 2]. Surgical revascularization is a generally accepted treatment for acute ischemia. However, the role of revascularization in secondary prevention for the survivors of cardiac death is controversial [3, 4]. In the presence of acute ischemia as the only causative factor in the arrhythmia, revascularization has proved very effective in the case of critical narrowing of at least one coronary artery [5]. If narrowing is due to coronary spasm, however, calcium blockers and ICD implantation are the preferred therapies. Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are the typical arrhythmias caused by acute ischemia.
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Hauer, R.N.W. (2004). Surgical Revascularization in Patients with ”Ischemia-related” Ventricular Fibrillation: Is It Sufficient to Prevent Sudden Death?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2003. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2137-2_54
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