| Factors relating to late sudden death in patients having aortic valve replacement. | |
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PMID: 7362313 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The preoperative and postoperative characteristics of a group of 16 patients who died unexpectedly and a control group of 52 late survivors with aortic protheses are reviewed. There were no preoperative differences between the groups for duration of congestive heart failure, electrocardiographic findings, cardiothoracic ratio, or hemodynamic findings. However, on the standard electrocardiogram postoperatively, there were more ventricular arrhythmias in the patients who died suddenly (7 of 16 or 44%) compared with the survivors (5 of 49 or 10%) (p less than 0.05). There were more patients with congestive failure in the study group (10 of 16 or 62%) compared with the controls (4 of 52 or 8%) (p less than 0.05). Patients exhibiting these findings are at risk of sudden death. Arrhythmia monitoring prior to discharge may also be helpful in selecting patients for antiarrhythmia treatment. |
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Authors:
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J T Santinga; M M Kirsh; J D Flora; J F Brymer |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery Volume: 29 ISSN: 0003-4975 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Thorac. Surg. Publication Date: 1980 Mar |
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Created Date: 1980-05-14 Completed Date: 1980-05-14 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 15030100R Medline TA: Ann Thorac Surg Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 249-53 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aortic Valve / surgery* Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery Arrhythmias, Cardiac / complications*, diagnosis Death, Sudden / etiology* Electrocardiography Female Heart Failure / complications Heart Valve Prosthesis / mortality* Hemodynamics Humans Male Middle Aged |
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