| Autor: |
Goldstein S; Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202-2689, USA., Zoble RG, Akiyama T, Cohen JD, Lancaster S, Liebson PR, Rapaport E, Goldberg AD, Peters RW, Gillis AM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The American journal of cardiology [Am J Cardiol] 1996 Oct 15; Vol. 78 (8), pp. 881-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00461-4 |
| Abstrakt: |
The relation between the circadian occurrence of ventricular premature depolarizations (VPD) and sudden arrhythmic death was examined in a subset of patients entered into the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST). Ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings with hourly measurement of VPD frequency were available in 357 patients. Forty percent of the patients (142 of 357) demonstrated circadian variation in VPD frequency between 6:00 A.M. and 9:59 A.M. that was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than what could randomly be expected from an overall 24-hour average for that patient. The only baseline characteristics in patients with circadian VPDs were age (p < 0.04), history of cardiac arrest (p < 0.01), presence of higher frequency of VPDs (p < 0.002), more frequent episodes of ventricular tachycardia (p < 0.04), and more frequent episodes of slow runs (p < 0.04). There was no difference in mortality in patients with or without circadian VPD variation; drug treatment did not effect mortality. These data indicate that the presence of circadian VPDs is not a predictor of sudden arrhythmic death in patients with a high frequency of VPDs. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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