Ventricular Ectopy as a Predictor of Heart Failure and Death.

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Abstract

Studies of patients presenting for catheter ablation suggest that premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are a modifiable risk factor for congestive heart failure (CHF). The relationship among PVC frequency, incident CHF, and mortality in the general population remains unknown.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.

Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

ISSN (Electronic): 1558-3597

ISSN (Print): 0735-1097

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 14 2015

Volume: 66

Issue: 2

Affiliations

[1 ] Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.

[2 ] Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

[3 ] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California.

[4 ] Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

[5 ] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

[6 ] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York.

[7 ] Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

[8 ] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington.

[9 ] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

[10 ] Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

[11 ] Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: marcusg@medicine.ucsf.edu.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0735-1097(15)02256-1 Mid ID: NIHMS690291

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.062

PMC ID: 4499114

PubMed ID: 26160626

SO-VID: 3ef89212-1881-412b-ad92-938f0212ec2f

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Keywords: arrhythmia,mortality,premature ventricular contractions

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Keywords: arrhythmia, mortality, premature ventricular contractions

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