title: [Holter monitoring of ventricular arrhythmia during the 24 first hours of myocardial infarction treated with intravenous thrombolysis].
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess ventricular arrhythmias after intravenous thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction and to determine their relationship with coronary artery patency. A 24 hour Holter recording was started 3.1 +/- 0.2 hours after the onset of pain in 40 patients (age 54 +/- 1.6 years, 42.5% anterior infarcts) treated by streptokinase (42.5%) or tissue plasminogen activator (57.5%) within 3.3 +/- 0.2 hours of the beginning of symptoms. The arrhythmias were analysed on a Marquette 8000 computer. Coronary angiography was systematic and was performed 26.7 +/- 2.5 hours (within 4 hours in 60% of patients) after the onset of pain to define coronary artery patency (TIMI 2 and 3: 72.5%) or occlusion (TIMI 0 or 1: 27.5%). Ventricular arrhythmias were common and generally well tolerated (one defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation). Accelerated idioventricular rhythms and ventricular tachycardias were equally prevalent in patients with patent arteries (90% and 83%) as with occluded arteries (82% and 73%). The prevalence of sustained ventricular tachycardias (> 15 complexes) and of early accelerated idioventricular rhythms (< or = 6 hours) was significantly higher in patients with patent coronary arteries: 38% versus 0% (p < 0.05) and 76% versus 18% (p < 0.01). These arrhythmias may be considered to be non-invasive markers of early coronary reperfusion, with a sensitivity of 38 and 76% and a specificity of 100 and 82%. Coronary patency was associated with higher numbers of ventricular extrasystoles, ventricular tachycardias and accelerated idioventricular rhythms by a factor of 14, 13 and 32 respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Gilles de Corbeil, Corbeil-Essonnes.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gressin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Louvard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pezzano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lardoux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
vernacular_title: Enregistrement Holter des arythmies ventriculaires dans les 24 premières heures de l'infarctus du myocarde traité par thrombolyse intraveineuse.