Tachyarrhythmias associated with acute myocardial infarction.
The occurrence of tachyarrhythmias in the setting of an MI is quite common. As appropriate therapy for the MI is underway, any tachyarrhythmia should be quickly recognized, the cause determined, and appropriate therapy initiated because of instability or before the onset of a cycle of ischemia, begetting tachycardia, begetting more ischemia.
Mangrum
J M
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Mmangrum@Virginia.edu
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents