1988
Electrophysiologic effects of thrombolytic therapy in patients with a transmural anterior myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular aneurysm formation
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Wackers F, Batsford W. Electrophysiologic effects of thrombolytic therapy in patients with a transmural anterior myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular aneurysm formation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1988, 12: 19-24. PMID: 3379204, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90350-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup B patientsLeft ventricular aneurysm formationTransmural anterior myocardial infarctionGroup A patientsVentricular aneurysm formationAnterior myocardial infarctionThrombolytic therapyB patientsVentricular tachycardiaA patientsVentricular arrhythmiasMyocardial infarctionAneurysm formationNew bundle branch blockPeak creatine kinase-MB levelsLeft ventricular ejection fractionCreatine kinase-MB levelsClinical arrhythmic eventsEarly thrombolytic therapyCongestive heart failureVentricular ejection fractionSustained ventricular tachycardiaInduced ventricular arrhythmiasBundle branch blockPostmyocardial infarction patients
1985
Use of the Initial Electrocardiogram to Predict In-Hospital Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Brush J, Brand D, Acampora D, Chalmer B, Wackers F. Use of the Initial Electrocardiogram to Predict In-Hospital Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 1985, 312: 1137-1141. PMID: 3920520, DOI: 10.1056/nejm198505023121801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-threatening complicationsCoronary care unitAcute myocardial infarctionInitial electrocardiogramCare unitMyocardial infarctionPositive electrocardiogramIn-Hospital ComplicationsNegative initial electrocardiogramPredictors of complicationsIntermediate care unitEvidence of infarctionBundle branch blockVentricular hypertrophyNegative electrocardiogramHospital costsComplicationsPatientsPatient careInfarctionElectrocardiogramLower likelihoodIschemiaAdmissionHypertrophy
1984
Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation
Sinusas A, Hardin N, Clements J, Wackers F. Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1984, 54: 975-981. PMID: 6496360, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(84)80128-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal regional wall motionRegional wall motionPostmortem findingsPathoanatomic correlatesEquilibrium radionuclideLeft bundle branch blockNormal regional wall motionGross myocardial lesionsLeft ventricular wall motionBundle branch blockLeft ventricular segmentsRegional left ventricular wall motionVentricular wall motionFalse-negative segmentsCoronary arterySevere stenosisMyocardial infarctionNontransmural infarctionBranch blockVentricular segmentsWall motionMyocardial lesionsPatientsPredictive valueAbnormal segments