ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2020
Prognostic significance of premature ventricular complex burden on hospitalized patients with heart failure.
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- Predicting sudden cardiac death in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.Heart failure reviews · 2026Review
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- The Burden of Ventricular Premature Complex Is Associated With Cardiovascular Mortality.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Prognostic significance of premature ventricular complex burden on hospitalized patients with heart failure.Journal of arrhythmia · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe clinical significance of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in heart failure (HF) remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the associations of PVC burden with re-hospitalization and cardiac death in HF patients.
methodsWe studied 435 HF patients (271 men, mean age 65 years). All patients were hospitalized for worsening HF. After optimal medications, echocardiography, 24 hours Holter monitoring and cardiopulmonary exercise testing were performed before discharge. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of the HF patients were investigated.
resultsDuring a median follow-up period of 2.3 years, there were 125 (28.7%) cardiac events (re-hospitalization due to worsening HF, fatal arrhythmias, or cardiac death). The patients with cardiac events had higher PVC burden compared to those without (median 0.374%/d [interquartile range 0.013-1.510] vs median 0.026%/d [interquartile range 0.000-0.534],
conclusionThese results suggest that PVC burden is an important predictor of cardiac events in HF patients.
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