[Identification of the patient at risk for sudden death after infarction]

Considerable efforts have been made in the last few years to improve the diagnostic and treatment methods of arrhythmias following myocardia infarction. The recent progress in electrophysiology and in surgery have contributed to improve the prognosis of ventricular tachycardias, sustained and recurrent. On the contrary, the prognosis and therapeutic approach to "potentially malignant" but asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias remain a subject of controversy and further study. The door remains open for the development of new techniques of detection and prevention of sudden death following myocardial infarction.