Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1990 Jun;7(1):61-68. 10.12701/yujm.1990.7.1.61.

Ventricular premature complexes and associated factors in the early postinfarction period

• Choi JH
• Hyun MS
• Kim YJ
• Shim BS
• Lee HW

• KMID: 2377307
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1990.7.1.61

Abstract

To assess the role of multiple factors in influencing occurrence of ventricular premature complexes after acute myocardial infarction twenty-four hour Holter electrocardiographic tape recording were made in 40 survivors of an acute myocardial infarction 10 to 20days after attack. Ventricular premature complexes in the early post infarction period were not correlated with left ventricular function, age, sex, smoking, diabetes mellitus, previous angina, and previous myocardial infarction. The occurrence of ventricular premature complexes showed a positive correlation with the occurrence of ST-T change. The occurrence of ventricular premature complexes during sleep hours was compared to the awake state. In 22 patients, the incidence of ventricular premature complexes are excluded from analysis, the 22 of patients, or in 76 percent, sleep was associated with a lowered occurrence of ventricular extrasystoles.

MeSH Terms

Diabetes Mellitus
Electrocardiography
Humans
Incidence
Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
Smoke
Smoking
Survivors
Tape Recording
Ventricular Function, Left
Ventricular Premature Complexes*
Smoke