THE DEGREE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION CHANGE FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PREDICTS RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST

A depressed left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) early after myocardial infarction (MI) identifies patients at risk of adverse outcomes. Whether the change in LVEF in the weeks to months following MI provides additional information on prognosis is less certain. We hypothesized that a lack of