18 patients with myocardial infarction complicated by severe ventricular arrhythmias ( polymorphic vebs or bigeminy = 5 ; vt = 11 ; vf = 2 ) were treated with antiarrhythmics which were stopped after 24 hours ( intravenous infusion of mexiletine 0.5 mg/kg/hr after a loading dose ) .
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