Surface Electrocardiogram Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Abstract

Arhythmia is a common complication in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). This article examines and discusses the importance of accelerated idioventricular rhythm (IVR), ventricular fibrillation, or tachycardia (VF, VT), atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF), and bradycardia. The importance of the presence of IVR as a sign of reperfusion is small, but in combination with other non-invasive markers (ST segment sizes), its presence is associated with a high probability of successful reperfusion. Early ventricular arrhythmias are a serious complication of MI. However, with timely detection and treatment, they do not represent a negative prognostic factor. In this article, we analyzed predictors of stable ventricular arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction and the effects of successful revascularization on hospital death