THE EFFECT OF AGE ON THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND AUTONOMIC CORRELATES OF SUDDEN-DEATH AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

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作者
ODEMUYIWA, O
FARRELL, T
MALIK, M
BASHIR, Y
POLONIECKI, J
WARD, DE
CAMM, AJ
机构
[1] Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital, London
来源
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY | 1991年 / 14卷 / 11期
关键词
AGE; SUDDEN DEATH; ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb02813.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
To examine the influence of age on the autonomic and electrophysiological correlates of sudden death after myocardial infarction, 223 patients aged < 60 and 195 patients aged greater-than-or-equal-to 60 were followed up for a mean of 790 days. The patients had Holter monitoring and a signal-averaged ECG 5-11 days after infarction. A mean ventricular ectopic beat frequency > 10 beats/hour (VE10) was present in 17.0% of young versus 28.2% of old patients (P < 0.01); a low heart heart variability index in 17.9% of young but in 32.3% of old patients (P < 0.001) and late potentials in 17.5% but 32% of young and old patients, respectively (P < 0.01). There was no difference in the incidence of sudden death between young and old patients (3.6% vs 3.1%). However, sudden death accounted for 50%, compared with 24% of all deaths in the young and old groups, respectively (P < 0.01). Sudden death was more closely associated with low heart rate variability and VE10 in the young than in the older group. The predictive values of a heart rate variability index < 20 units with VE10 in younger patients were a sensitivity of 50%, a positive predictive accuracy (PPA) of 33% and risk ratio (RR) of 18 (P < 0.001); these values did not reach significance in older patients (16.7%, 4.3% and 1.4%, respectively.) Late potentials had a sensitivity of 50%, a PPA of 12.1%, and an RR of 4.7 in young patients (P < 0.05): the corresponding values in the older group were 80%, 8.9, and 8.4 (P < 0.02). It is concluded that sudden death is a more predominant mode of death and is more strongly associated with lower heart rate variability and with the VE10 incidence in young than in older postinfarction patients. Age should be taken into account when assessing the risk of sudden death after myocardial infarction.
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页码:2049 / 2055
页数:7
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