Affiliations 

  • 1 Kenneth Chin, MBBS, MRCP, AM. Pantai Medical Centre 8, Jalan Bukit Pantai 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Khalid Yusof, MBBS. Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebanqsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Med J Malaysia, 1987 Jun;42(2):93-6.
PMID: 3503197

Abstract

The clinical course of 68 patients who had temporary transvenous pacing for complete heart block in acute myocardial infarction is reviewed. There were 59 male and 9 female patients, of which 32 were Indians, 20 were Malays and 16 Chinese. 48 patients had inferior infarct, 16 patients developed anterior infarct and 4 patients presented with combined anteriorinferior infarction. The overall mortality for complete heart block in this study is 44%. The mortality pattern is 25% for inferior infarct; 87% for anterior infarct and 100% for combined anterior and inferior infarct.

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