Comparison of patients with acute myocardial infarction with and without ventricular fibrillation.
Among 1,590 patients with acute myocardial infarction from 1990 to 1994, the rate of primary ventricular fibrillation was 3.6%. The prevalence of smoking, complete left bundle branch block, hypokalemia, and decreased left ventricular function was higher in patients with ventricular fibrillation while those on thrombolytic therapy and those with non-Q-wave myocardial infarction were significantly lower.
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Brezins
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Elyassov
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Elimelech
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Roguin
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality