Predictors of mortality in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardias or ventricular fibrillation and depressed left ventricular function: Importance of β-blockade

To study prognostic factors in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardias (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) complicated by left ventricular dysfunction, we evaluated the predictive value of demographic, clinical, and hemodynamic parameters for cardiac mortality and sudden cardiac death in...

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Published in:The American heart journal 1995-08, Vol.130 (2), p.281-286
Main Authors: Szabó, Balázs M., Crijns, Harry J.G.M., Wiesfeld, Ans C.P., van Veldhuisen, Dirk J., Hillege, Hans L., Lie, K.I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use
Aged
Amiodarone - therapeutic use
Antiarythmic agents
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular system
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology
Demography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Regression Analysis
Stroke Volume
Survival Rate
Tachycardia, Ventricular - complications
Tachycardia, Ventricular - drug therapy
Tachycardia, Ventricular - mortality
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology
Ventricular Fibrillation - complications
Ventricular Fibrillation - drug therapy
Ventricular Fibrillation - mortality
Ventricular Function, Left
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Summary:To study prognostic factors in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardias (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) complicated by left ventricular dysfunction, we evaluated the predictive value of demographic, clinical, and hemodynamic parameters for cardiac mortality and sudden cardiac death in 85 patients with VT or VF and left ventricular ejection fraction
ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1016/0002-8703(95)90441-7