Observations on patients with primary ventricular fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction.

Abstract

1) Warning arrhythmias are not considered good criteria for institution of antiarrhythmic therapy in order to prevent PVF. 2) In patients with sinus rhythm there may be an association between heart rate and onset of PVF. 3) The malignancy of a ventricular ectopic beat is not determined by its coupling interval or its configuration.