Prognostic impact of age and gender on patients with electrical storm.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electrical storm (ES) is a severe and life-threatening heart rhythm disorder. Age and male gender have been identified as independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. However, data regarding the prognostic impact of age and gender on ES patients is limited.

Methods

The present study included retrospectively consecutive patients presenting with ES from 2002 to 2016. Patients 67 years old or older were compared to patients younger than 67, males were also compared to females. Receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed to find the optimum age cut-off value. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality at 3 years. The secondary endpoints were in-hospital mortality, rehospitalization rates, ES recurrences, and major adverse cardiac events (MACE)

SUBMITTER: Weidner K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10129267 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature