Cardiac arrhythmias and In-hospital mortality amongst patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A retrospective study in an Italian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an acute non-ischemic cardiomyopathy classically associated with an intense emotional or physiologic trigger. Data on the relationship between arrhythmias and mortality in TTC have been limited by small sample sizes. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of ventricular and atrial arrhythmias and advanced atrioventricular block on in-hospital mortality in a large inpatient population with TTC.

Methods

Data was obtained from the Italian National Healthcare System Databank from 2009 to 2016. Patients with TTC were identified using diagnosis codes and clinical characteristics were collected, with a primary outcome of mortality. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify significant predictor

SUBMITTER: Malanchini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475186 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature