Differences in inducibility and prognosis of in-hospital versus out-of-hospital identified nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease: clinical and trial design implications1
Luis A. Pires, MD, FACC*,
Michael H. Lehmann, MD, FACC ,
Alfred E. Buxton, MD, FACC ,
Gail E. Hafley, MS ,
Kerry L. Lee, PhD the Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial Investigators
* St. John Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Duke University Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing the rates of cardiac arrest and death from arrhythmia between untreated patients with in-hospital versus out-of-hospital identified nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT).
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing the overall survival between untreated patients with in-hospital versus out-of-hospital identified nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT).
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