Long-term outcome of intraventricular conduction delays in the general population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous population studies have presented conflicting results regarding the prognostic impact of intraventricular conduction delays (IVCD).

Methods

We studied long-term prognostic impact and the association with comorbidities of eight IVCDs in a random sample of 6,299 Finnish subjects (2,857 men and 3,442 women, mean age 52.8, SD 14.9 years) aged 30 or over who participated in the health examination including 12-lead ECG. For left bundle branch block (LBBB) and non-specific IVCD (NSIVCD), two different definitions were used.

Results

During 16.5 years' follow-up, 1,309 of the 6,299 subjects (20.8%) died and of these 655 (10.4%) were cardiovascular (CV) deaths. After controlling for known clinical risk factors, the hazard ratio for CV death, compared with in

SUBMITTER: Rankinen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816813 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature