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Preinfarction angina protects against out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute occlusion of the left coronary artery

Peter J. Gheeraert, MD^*,*, José P. S. Henriques, MD, Marc L. De Buyzere, MSc^*, Michel De Pauw, MD^*, Yves Taeymans, MD, PhD^* and Felix Zijlstra, MD, PhD

^* Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Department of Cardiology, De Weezenlanden Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Graph showing on a logarithmic scale the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation associated with preinfarction angina in various subgroups. *Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, current smoking and family history. IRA = infarct-related coronary artery; LCA = left coronary artery; PA = preinfarction angina; RCA = right coronary artery; TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; VF = ventricular fibrillation.