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Risk factors of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction

Ventricular disfunction, ischemia and ventricular arrhythmias

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It is well known that the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) increases in patients who have survived an acute myocardial infarction during the first months or years after the acute event. And it is also recognized that the SCD is basically an arrhythmic death due to ventricular fibrilation, preceded or not by ventricular tachycardia. The incidence of SCD has been estimated in 3.5–5% a year, representing the 60–80% of all deaths [1–4]. This group of patients may then be considered an excelent model to study ‘risk factors’ related to its occurrence.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, University of Barcelona, Avda. San Antonio Maria Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Bayés de Luna

  2. Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital, University of Limburg, P.O. Box 1918, 6201 BX, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    P. Brugada

  3. Research Group Spanish Trail on Sudden Death, Hospital ‘La Fe’, Av de Campanar 21, 46009, Valencia, Spain

    J. Cosin Aguilar

  4. Department of Cardiology and Coronary Care Unit, Hospital Clinico-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    F. Navarro-Lopez

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Navarro-Lopez, F. (1991). Risk factors of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction. In: de Luna, A.B., Brugada, P., Aguilar, J.C., Navarro-Lopez, F. (eds) Sudden Cardiac Death. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0573-3_20

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