Incidence of ventricular arrhythmia and associated patient outcomes in hospitalized acute coronary syndrome patients in Saudi Arabia: findings from the registry of the Saudi Project for Assessment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (SPACE)
| Autor: | Ahmad S. Hersi, Khalid F. Alhabib, Hussam F. AlFaleh, Khalid AlNemer, Shukri AlSaif, Amir Taraben, Tarek Kashour, Ahmed M. Abuosa, Mushabab A. Al-Murayeh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 32, Iss 4, Pp 372-377 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0256-4947 0975-4466 |
| DOI: | 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.372 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with ventricular arrhythmia (VA) has been shown to be higher than those without VA. However, there is a paucity of data on VA among ACS patients in the Middle Eastern countries. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective study of patients admitted in 17 government hospitals with ACS between December 2005 and December 2007. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were categorized as having VA if they experienced either ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or both. RESULTS: Of 5055 patients with ACS enrolled in the SPACE registry, 168 (3.3%) were diagnosed with VA and 151 (98.8%) occurred in-hospital. The vast majority (74.4%) occurred in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. In addition, males were twice as likely to develop VA than females (OR 1.7; 95% CI 1.1–3). Killip class >I (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.3–3.1); and systolic blood pressure |
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