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  • Cardiology
  • Electrophysiology
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Mortality risk in coronary artery disease involves factors beyond left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
  • Syncope following myocardial infarction (MI) requires thorough investigation to identify underlying causes and guide management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the primary causes of syncope in patients with a history of MI.
  • To develop a management algorithm for syncope post-MI.

Main Methods:

  • 356 patients with syncope and prior MI (>1 month) underwent comprehensive evaluation, including echocardiography, Holter monitoring, tilt testing, exercise testing, signal-averaged ECG, electrophysiological study (EPS), and coronary assessment.
  • Mean follow-up duration was 4±2 years.

Main Results:

  • Electrophysiological studies induced monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular flutter/fibrillation (VF), or supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in a significant proportion of patients.
  • Myocardial ischemia and hypervagotonia were identified in patients with negative EPS.
  • Longer QRS duration, lower LVEF, and advanced Lown grade were associated with VT induction. LVEF <40%, VT/VF induction, and VT predicted cardiac mortality and sudden death, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • Myocardial ischemia, hypervagotonia, conduction abnormalities, and tachyarrhythmias were identified as causes of syncope in 76% of post-MI patients.
  • Multiple contributing factors were present in 16% of cases.
  • Non-invasive rhythmological assessment and systematic coronary evaluation are recommended for syncope post-MI.