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Does in-hospital ventricular fibrillation affect prognosis after myocardial infarction?

G. V. H. Jensen, Christian Torp‐Pedersen, Per Hildebrandt, Finn Erland Nielsen, Thomas Melchior, T. Joen, Per Kragh Andersen

European Heart Journal · 1997 · 43 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Ventricular fibrillation is associated with an independent increased risk of death within 0-60 days after infarction. After this period, the prognosis in survivors of ventricular fibrillation does not differ significantly from patients without ventricular fibrillation.

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