Do baseline atrial electrocardiographic and infarction patterns predict new-onset atrial fibrillation after ST-elevation myocardial infarction? Insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial

Abstract Background Atrial infarction reportedly occurs in 0.7% to 52% of ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs), up to two thirds of whom develop atrial fibrillation and flutter (AF). Prospective validation of electrocardiographic atrial infarction patterns is lacking. Hence, in STEMI patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of electrocardiology 2010-07, Vol.43 (4), p.351-358
Hauptverfasser: van Diepen, Sean, MD, Siha, Hany, MD, Fu, Yuling, MD, Westerhout, Cynthia M., PhD, Lopes, Renato D., MD, Granger, Christopher B., MD, Armstrong, Paul W., MD
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