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Thrombolysis and Ventricular Tachycardia
M. Eldar;
S. Behar; and
E. Kaplinsky
15 January 1993 | Volume 118 Issue 2 | Page 157
IN RESPONSE:
The SPRINT study recruited patients between August 1981 and July 1983, before the "thrombolytic era."
The incidence of and the mortality rate associated with primary ventricular fibrillation do not appear to change after thrombolysis [1]. We are not aware of studies examining the effects of thrombolysis on primary ventricular tachycardia.
1. Volpi A, Maggioni A, Franzozi G, Pampallona S, Mauri F, Tognoni G. In hospital myocardial infarction. Prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 1987; 317:257-61.
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