Can short-long-short sequences predict atrial fibrillation in acute inferior myocardial infarction?

GÖRENEK B., Parspour A., Birdane A., ÇAVUŞOĞLU Y., Goktekin O., Unalir A., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.127, no.2, pp.260-261, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Letter
  • Volume: 127 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.03.110
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.260-261
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Short-long-short sequences (SLSS), related to atrial ectopic beats (AEBs), predict the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in some clinical situations. We investigated whether SLSS predict the occurrence of AF in acute phase of inferior myocardial infarction (MI). In patients who developed AF AEBs were more frequent. We concluded that the presence of frequent SLSS could be predictors or preceding factors of the occurrence of AF in acute inferior MI. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.