The purpose of this study was to assess the results of the treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias guided by electrophysiologic studies. Thirty patients with ventricular arrhythmias, aged 56.6 +/- 14.1 years, were submitted to EP testing. The clinical presentation of arrhythmia was sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in 24 (80%), non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in three and another t...
Primary coronary angioplasty is a reperfusion method increasingly used for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Several studies are reviewed, demonstrating a reduction in mortality and morbidity, namely due to recurrent ischaemia and haemorrhagic stroke, in comparison to thrombolysis. This benefit seems larger in high risk patients, such as those with cardiogenic shock, anterior wall infarction, elderl...
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