Journal of cardiology
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Journal of cardiology · Nov 2018
A new risk score for ventricular tachyarrhythmia in acute myocardial infarction with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VT/VF) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of VT/VF, to identify the variables associated with VT/VF, and to construct a new scoring system. ⋯ Relatively preserved LVEF patients could still be at risk of life-threatening VT/VF, which is related to a poor prognosis during the admission period. This new scoring system can be adopted to stratify the risk of VT/VF.