Abstract | STUDY OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Nonrandomized cohort study. SETTING: A university teaching hospital with 500 beds. PATIENTS: INTERVENTIONS: MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The risk for recurrent arrhythmias was similar between groups. The actuarial risk for sudden death in group B was 31% (95% confidence interval, 11% to 51%) at 1 and 2 years, a value that was significantly higher than that for group A (p less than 0.003) or group C (p less than 0.03). The risk for dying suddenly with the first recurrence was 0.78 in group B, a value that was significantly higher than that for group A (p less than 0.003) or group C (p less than 0.002). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | R N Fogoros, S B Fiedler, J J Elson |
Journal | Annals of internal medicine
(Ann Intern Med)
Vol. 107
Issue 5
Pg. 635-41
(Nov 1987)
ISSN: 0003-4819 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3662277
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Aged
- Amiodarone
(therapeutic use)
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Death, Sudden
(epidemiology)
- Drug Resistance
- Electric Countershock
(adverse effects, instrumentation)
- Equipment Failure
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- Heart Ventricles
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prostheses and Implants
(adverse effects, supply & distribution)
- Recurrence
- Tachycardia
(drug therapy, mortality, surgery)
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