Prognostic assessment of survivors of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation with ambulatory monitoring

The ability to assess prognosis in patients with serious ventricular arrhythmias treated with antiarrhythmic drugs by the degree of complexity on the 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram was evaluated in 59 survivors of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation. After conventional th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 1984-07, Vol.54 (1), p.87-90
Hauptverfasser: Vlay, Stephen C., Kallman, Clayton H., Reid, Philip R.
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Zusammenfassung:The ability to assess prognosis in patients with serious ventricular arrhythmias treated with antiarrhythmic drugs by the degree of complexity on the 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram was evaluated in 59 survivors of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation. After conventional therapy had failed, patients were treated with investigational drugs until symptomatic VT was abolished. A Holter monitor recording, obtained once the therapeutic regimen was established, was graded for the presence or absence of asymptomatic VT. Fifty-two patients were asymptomatic at discharge and were followed for 700 days. Of 44 patients followed for 1 year, none had recurrent syncope or died if asymptomatic VT was absent at 1 month (p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/0002-9149(84)90309-6