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Sustained ventricular tachycardia in the acute phase of myocardial infarction

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Ventricular Tachycardias

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 71))

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Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmias seen on predischarge 24 hour electrocardiographic recordings after acute myocardial infarction (MI) carry a guarded prognosis [1–4].

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  1. Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Liège, Hópital de Bavière, 66 Bvd de la Constitution, 4020, Liège, Belgium

    Ch. Dubois, J. P. Smeets & H. E. Kulbertus

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Central, Nancy, France

    Etienne Aliot MD, F.A.C.C. (Professor of cardiology) (Professor of cardiology)

  2. Department of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Oklahoma Health Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

    Ralph Lazzara MD, F.A.C.C. (Professor of cardiology) (Professor of cardiology)

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Dubois, C., Smeets, J.P., Pierard, L., Kulbertus, H.E. (1987). Sustained ventricular tachycardia in the acute phase of myocardial infarction. In: Aliot, E., Lazzara, R. (eds) Ventricular Tachycardias. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3323-1_6

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