acute myocardial infarction
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with AMI in whom 12-lead ECGs before AMI onset could be evaluated
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients excluded from this study were those who experienced a prior AMI and were pregnant, and QRS complex > 120 milliseconds. Patients with the Brugada syndrome, defined as right bundlebranch block and ST-segment elevation (>0.2 mV) in precordial leads V1 to V3, without intervention or following infusion of a sodium-channel blocker, also excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| occurrence of sustained VF within 48 hours after the onset of the AMI | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Department of Cardiology