title: The prognostic value of late ventricular potentials for sudden death.
abstract: Sixty patients of whom 51 with old myocardial infarction--30 with late ventricular potentials and 30 without--were followed up for 5 years. The late ventricular potentials were recorded using an original method. During the follow-up period, in the group, with late ventricular potentials, sudden death was recorded in 6 patients and episodes of ventricular tachycardia in 2. No sudden death occurred in the patients without late ventricular potentials. The prognostic value of this simple, noninvasive technique is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Clinic, Institute of Medicine 1, Tirgu-Mureş, Romania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Incze
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cotol
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caraşca
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors