Impact of age on the prognosis of patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias and aborted cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study evaluated the prognostic impact of age on patients presenting with ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTA) and aborted cardiac arrest.

Material and methods

The present registry-based, monocentric cohort study included all consecutive patients presenting at the University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM) between 2002 and 2016 with ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) and aborted cardiac arrest. Middle-aged (40-60 years old) were compared to older patients (> 60 years old). Furthermore, age was analyzed as a continuous variable. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality at 2.5 years. The secondary endpoints were cardiac death at 24 h, all-cause mortality at index hospitalization, all-cause mortality after index hospitalization and the co

SUBMITTER: Weidner K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522500 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature