More than 400,000 Americans die suddenly each year from sustained ventricular
tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Most have coronary artery disease and left ventricular …

Arrhythmic events are responsible for the majority of sudden cardiac deaths after myocardial
infarction. Many clinical studies have suggested that patency of the infarct-related artery …

BACKGROUND Thrombolytic therapy reduces mortality after acute myocardial infarction,
even when treatment is initiated relatively late after onset of symptoms. The mechanism …

Ventricular tachycardia is the most common cause of wide complex tachycardia, although
the differential diagnosis also includes supraventricular tachycardia with aberration and pre …

This study evaluated the relation between patency of the infarct-related artery and the
presence of late potentials on the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG) in 124 …

Ventricular late potentials are strong predictors of arrhythmic events after acute myocardial
infarction (AMI). To assess the effect of intravenous thrombolysis on the incidence of …

BACKGROUND Arrhythmias are common in patients who have developed ventricular
enlargement after myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS A prospective study was …

Thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty during the early phase of an acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) have been shown to improve prognosis. Time-domain analysis of the signal …

The influence of intravenous thrombolysis on both prevalence of ventricular late potentials
and incidence of late arrhythmic events was evaluated in 174 consecutive patients surviving …

Standard time domain variables from signal-averaged electrocardiography were examined
in a population of 331 survivors of acute myocardial infarction. Of these subjects, 130 …