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Prevalence, characteristics and prognostic value during long-term follow-up of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

^a Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Distribution of maximal length of nonsustained VT episodes.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with a LVEF above and below 35%, considering the composite primary study end point.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with a patent, compared with those with an occluded infarct-related, artery considering the composite primary study end point.

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Top, Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with a depressed, compared with those with preserved, HRV considering the composite primary study end point. Bottom, Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with a depressed, compared with those with preserved, HRV considering the secondary study end point.

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 5 Top, Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with, compared with those without, nonsustained VT considering the composite primary study end point. Bottom, Kaplan-Meier event probabilities for patients with, compared with those without, nonsustained; VT considering the secondary study end point. Note that there is no predictive value of nonsustained VT concerning sudden death or arrhythmic events.