“…1,2 Thrombolysis primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and use of beta-blockers, while resulting in the modification of the natural history of an infarct, have also reduced the incidence of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) occurring within 48 hours of the onset of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), over the past decades. 3 The prevention and treatment of haemodynamically significant VA in the post-infarct period, and of sudden cardiac death (SCD) remote from the event, remain areas of ongoing study.…”