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Increased risk due to ventricular arrhythmias after transmyocardial laser-revascularisation? Preliminary results
Critical Care volume 1, Article number: P108 (1997)
Introduction
Transmyocardial laser-revascularisation (TMLR) is a new and promising method for the treatment of angina pectoris in patients with no other therapeutic options. We investigated the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) before, immediately after and 4 months after TMLR.
Methods
In this ongoing, 24 h study Holter monitors were applied immediately before, 48 h after and 4 months after TMLR-surgery and analysed using Hellige-Marquette 4000 software. We registered ventricular premature beats mean (VPB), ventricular couplets, triplets and ventricular tachycardias (VT).
Results
We included 16 patients so far, mean age 64.8 (± 7.9) bypass surgery previous to the TMLR. Mean echocardiographic ejection fraction was 45%. The table summarizes the results of our patients, values are given as median and minimum/maximum.
Conclusion
Our preliminary data suggest a temporary increase of ventricular premature beats in the early phase after TMLR, but no increase of ventricular tachycardias.
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Brunner, M., Zehender, M., Jeron, A. et al. Increased risk due to ventricular arrhythmias after transmyocardial laser-revascularisation? Preliminary results. Crit Care 1 (Suppl 1), P108 (1997). https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/cc87
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