TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of echocardiographic abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction, paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia and complex ventricular arrhythmias in predicting new coronary events in patients over 62 years of age
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Epstein, Stanley
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
AU - Schwartz, Kenneth S.
PY - 1988/6/1
Y1 - 1988/6/1
N2 - Patients with an abnormal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia (VT) or with complex ventricular arrhythmias associated with heart disease are at increased risk for cardiac events.1-9 We previously reported the prevalence of an abnormal LVEF determined by M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiography and the prevalence of VT and complex ventricular arrhythmias detected by 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings in unselected patients older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility.10 In the present report we present the results from a prospective study correlating abnormal LVEF, VT and complex ventricular arrhythmias with development of cardiac events at 2-year follow-up in 467 unselected patients older than 62 years.
AB - Patients with an abnormal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia (VT) or with complex ventricular arrhythmias associated with heart disease are at increased risk for cardiac events.1-9 We previously reported the prevalence of an abnormal LVEF determined by M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiography and the prevalence of VT and complex ventricular arrhythmias detected by 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings in unselected patients older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility.10 In the present report we present the results from a prospective study correlating abnormal LVEF, VT and complex ventricular arrhythmias with development of cardiac events at 2-year follow-up in 467 unselected patients older than 62 years.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(88)91183-6
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(88)91183-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 3376895
AN - SCOPUS:0023920646
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 61
SP - 1349
EP - 1351
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 15
ER -