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Predictive Value of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Preserved Cardiac Function After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Results of a Collaborative Cohort Study

Takanori Ikeda, MD, FACC^_*,_*, Hideaki Yoshino, MD^_*, Kaoru Sugi, MD, Kaoru Tanno, MD, Hiroki Shimizu, MD, Jun Watanabe, MD^||, Yuji Kasamaki, MD^¶, Akihiro Yoshida, MD^# and Takao Kato, MD^_**

^_* Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
Division of Cardiology, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
First Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
^|| Division of Cardiology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
^¶ Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
^# Division of Cardiology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
^_** First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

View larger version (10K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier event-free curves for serious arrhythmic events (i.e., sudden cardiac death, cardiac arrest, and resuscitated ventricular fibrillation) based on positive microvolt T-wave alternans (TWA) test (A), nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) (B), and ventricular late potentials (LP) (C).