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Does atrial fibrillation beget ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Dec 2008
Sankaranarayanan Rajiv, James Michael A, Nuta Bogdan, Townsend Mandie, Kesavan Sujata, Burtchaell Stephanie, Holloway Russell, Ewings Paul
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BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased mortality and a higher complication rate postmyocardial infarction (MI), but the exact mechanisms are unknown. We investigated whether AF predisposes to ventricular arrhythmia in postmyocardial infarct patients, thereby accounting for increased mortality. METHODS: Five hundred consecutive patients admitted to our coronary care unit with acute MI...
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