Ventricular fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction: Prognosis following successful resuscitation

Stannard, Mary; Sloman, G

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(69)90170-7

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“…Prognosis has been found to be better in the AMI cases in which VF is associated with clinically mild disease (2,6) or, in other words, in which VF is primary (3,10). In the present study primary VF occurred in 55 cases.…”

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confidence: 47%

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Long‐term Prognosis After Ventricular Fibrillation in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Ruosteenoja

Inkovaara

1972

Journal of Internal Medicine

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During the period 1965–1969 a total of 87 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have been discharged from hospital alive after recovering from one or more episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF). The average age was 59 years (39–82). Up to the time of follow‐up the group had been observed for 6–62 months. At the follow‐up 47 of the survivors were alive and the average age was significantly lower than that of the non‐survivors. The prognosis was not found to be significantly better in the cases of “primary” as opposed to “complicating” VF. The actual time of the first VF had no significant influence on the survival rate. Normal heart volume upon discharge was found to be a favourable factor in prognosis. After convalescence 16 of the 44 patients in employment prior to the onset of disease returned to work. Other factors influencing return to work are discussed.

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confidence: 47%

“…Only 16 of the 44 patients who had been working prior to their myocardial infarction returned to regular employment. Other studies report the majority of cases with primary VF as returning to work (3,6,10). In this study most of those who retired had been engaged in heavy occupations and were of relatively advanced age.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

Long‐term Prognosis After Ventricular Fibrillation in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Ruosteenoja

Inkovaara

1972

Journal of Internal Medicine

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“…Thus an early episode of primary ventricular fibrillation is of grave significance. This conclusion does not contradict previous studies indicating that resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation has no adverse effect on prognosis once the patient has left hospital (Lawrie, 1969;Stannard and Sloman, 1969); patients in these studies were selected by virtue of having survived their hospital course, excluding many patients with more severe infarction who died in hospital before discharge. The association of early and late arrhythmias was also noted by Spracklen et al (1968), who recorded that in their group of 11 patients with late ventricular dysrhythmias, seven had had significant arrhythmias in the unit.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…Early arrhythmias are clearly related to the severity of infarction (Stock et al, 1967), and the tendency to late arrhythmias may similarly reflect the extent of tissue necrosis. In addition, persisting high levels of circulating 139 catecholamines associated with a severe infarction (Valori et al, 1967;Wallace and Klein, 1968) may have predisposed these patients to serious arrhythmias.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sudden Death in Hospital after Discharge from Coronary Care Unit

Thompson¹,

Sloman²

1971

BMJ

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“…Long-term survival is also excel lent. Stannard & Sloman (16) reported that IS of 20 patients resuscitated from primary ventricular fibrillation survived, with the longest survival 4Y2 yr. Geddes and co-workers (17) also found that survivors of ventricular fibrillation had a long-term prognosis similar to that of patients with myocardial infarction not com plicated by ventricular fibrillation.…”

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confidence: 99%