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Arrhythmia recurrence in patients with a healed myocardial infarction who received an implantable defibrillator: analysis according to the clinical presentation

^a Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Electrogram recorded by the implantable cardiac defibrillator during an episode of "slow" sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia at a rate of 170 beats/min treated effectively with antitachycardia pacing.

View larger version (93K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Electrogram recorded by the implantable cardiac defibrillator during an episode of "fast" sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia at a rate of 221 beats/min that was treated effectively with a defibrillator shock of 23 J.

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Electrogram recorded by the implantable cardiac defibrillator during an episode of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation treated effectively with a defibrillator shock of 20 J.

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Kaplan–Meier curves showing the time-related arrhythmia-free interval for the three groups of patients (sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia [SMVT], cardiac arrest and syncope) (log-rank test, p = NS).