Prognostic impact of new onset atrial fibrillation in acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarction data from the RICO survey

Patients presenting any one of the following criteria were excluded from the study: persistent ST elevation or new Q waves on ECG; unconfirmed MI diagnosis on behalf of another diagnosis (pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, acute pericarditis); post-percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty...

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Published in:Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2005-03, Vol.91 (3), p.369-370
Main Authors: Laurent, G, Zeller, M, Dentan, G, Moreau, D, Laurent, Y, Beer, J C, Makki, H, Lhuillier, I, Janin-Manificat, L, Fraison, M, Cottin, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty
atrial fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation - etiology
Atrial Fibrillation - mortality
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Confidence intervals
COPD
Coronary heart disease
Coronary vessels
Female
France - epidemiology
global use of streptokinase and t-PA for occluded coronary arteries
GUSTO-I
Heart
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Heart Rate
Humans
Hypertension
left ventricular ejection fraction
LVEF
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
Multivariate analysis
myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - complications
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies
non-ST elevation
non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
NSTEMI
Population
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Scientific Letters
sinus rhythm
ST elevation myocardial infarction
STEMI
ULN
upper limit of normal
ventricular arrhythmia
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Summary:Patients presenting any one of the following criteria were excluded from the study: persistent ST elevation or new Q waves on ECG; unconfirmed MI diagnosis on behalf of another diagnosis (pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, acute pericarditis); post-percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty MI or post-coronary artery bypass graft MI; delay from symptom onset to presentation > 24 hours; permanent AF before admission. According to recent guidelines, 5 ECGs were monitored for the occurrence of AF or ventricular arrhythmias including ventricular tachycardias (recording of more than three ventricular ectopic beats) and ventricular fibrillations, for three days after admission.
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.2003.028035