Abstract P122: African-American Patients Presenting With Unexplained Syncope Have Significantly Worse 1-Year Outcome When Compared to Non-African Americans

Autor:	Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Dan Musat, Kiran K Kalal, Juan Pablo Cordova, Carlos L Alviar, Nischala Dhanekula, Venkat Rao, Andre Tojino, Teresita O Aziz, Robin Knox, Eyal Herzog
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Zdroj:	Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 4
ISSN:	1941-7705 1941-7713
DOI:	10.1161/circoutcomes.4.suppl_1.ap122
Popis:	Background: Syncope results in emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions. African-American (AA) patients often have multiple co-morbidities that translate to poorer outcome. We thought to evaluate the effect of AA race on outcome in patients with unexplained syncope. Methods: We evaluated 902 consecutive patients with unexplained pre-syncope/syncope between September 2007 and January 2009; all patients were enrolled in a prospective institutional registry. The primary endpoint was a composite of readmission for syncope, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke or death. In this study, we compared the outcome of AA to non African-American patients (non-AA). Results: There were 252 (28%) AA patients and 650 (72%) non-AA patients. When compared to non-AA patients, AA patients were older (64 ± 20 years vs. 59 ± 23 years, p Conclusions: African-American patients presenting with unexplained syncope have significantly worse 1-year outcome than non-AA. This is likely due in part to a higher incidence of significant co-morbidities in AA patients.
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