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Malignant arrhythmia in apical ballooning syndrome: risk factors and outcomes.

Dib, C; Prasad, A; Friedman, PA; Ahmad, E; Rihal, CS; Hammill, SC; Asirvatham, SJ (2008) Malignant arrhythmia in apical ballooning syndrome: risk factors and outcomes. Indian Pacing Electrophysiology Journal, 8 (3). 182 - 192. ISSN 0972-6292
SGUL Authors: Prasad, Abhiram

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Objectives: We sought to determine the frequency and outcomes with symptomatic arrhythmia in patients with apical ballooning syndrome (ABS). Methods: A retrospective review of the Mayo Clinic Angiography database was conducted to identify patients who met the Mayo criteria for ABS. Patients with documented arrhythmias formed the study group, and 31 randomly selected patients with ABS but without arrhythmia formed the control group. Results: Out of 105 patients identified with ABS, 6 (5.7%) women aged 69 +/- 9 years experienced significant arrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation, asystole), 2 patients died, and 1 required permanent pacemaker implantation. When compared with controls, the study group showed no significant difference with respect to ECG characteristics (QT, QRS duration or axis) except for R-R interval variability (see comments below) (30.6±6 vs 14.5±17 p = 0.0004), QTc, and P-R interval. Patients without arrhythmia were more likely to be on beta-blocker therapy than the study population (33% vs 80.6% p = 0.02). Conclusion: Life-threatening arrhythmia is uncommon (5.7%) with ABS despite marked, structural abnormalities. When arrhythmias do occur, the outcome is poor. Prominent variability in R-R intervals appears to be predictive of significant arrhythmias in ABS. The role of beta-blocker therapy in preventing arrhythmia with ABS requires further investigation.

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Additional Information: Copyright : © 2008 Dib et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning, arrhythmia, atrioventricular block, sudden death, ventricular fibrillation, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 1116 Medical Physiology, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning, arrhythmia, atrioventricular block, sudden death, ventricular fibrillation
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS)
Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) > Cardiac (INCCCA)
Journal or Publication Title: Indian Pacing Electrophysiology Journal
ISSN: 0972-6292
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1 August 2008Published
PubMed ID: 18679529
Web of Science ID: 18679529
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URI: http://sgultest.da.ulcc.ac.uk/id/eprint/102320

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