title: [Sudden death in myocardial infarct, its precursors and the problems of prevention].
abstract: Continuous magnetic tape recording of the ECG made it possible to reveal ventricular extrasystoles in 99% of patients with uncomplicated myocardial infarction and extrasystoles, regarded as the precursors of ventricular fibrillation, in 95%. Treatment with lipocaine or trimecaine (103 persons) reduced the frequency of the development of complex gradation of ventricular extrasystoles as compared to a random control group (106 persons). A considerable decrease was also noted in the number of cases with primary ventricular fibrillation in the group of patients treated with antiarrhythmic drugs. Ventricular fibrillation occurred in 3 patients of the experimental group and in 8 patients in the comparison group.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000209:etiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
vernacular_title: Vnezapnaia smert' pri infarkte miokarda, ee predvestniki i voprosy profilaktiki.