Open AccessNonsustained ventricular tachycardia does not affect the prognosis of neuromuscular diseases: A preliminary and retrospective study
Author(s) -
Kamihara Takahiro,
Yasuma Fumihiko,
Murohara Toyoaki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1002/joa3.12057
Subject(s) - medicine , affect (linguistics) , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , philosophy , linguistics
Background Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia ( NSVT ) is sometimes observed in patients with neuromuscular diseases ( NMD s). The aim of this study was to assess the role of NSVT in the survival prognosis of NMD patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the patients with NMD s who had undergone Holter ECG recordings at a single center between February and August 2012. Sixty‐eight patients were enrolled in this study. The 5 year follow‐up was assessed according to the cumulative event‐free rate. Results Twenty‐one patients died during the follow‐up, seven of whom died by cardiac death. The Kaplan–Meier survival curve that compared the patients with NSVT and those without NSVT indicated the NSVT was not related to the rate of all causes of death or cardiac death in those patients with NMD s. The survival curve was not significantly changed after the adjustment by age and ejection fraction. Conclusion No significant correlations between NSVT and the prognosis in patients with NMD s were found.