Mortality and ventricular arrhythmia after acute myocarditis: a nationwide registry-based follow-up study

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  Figure 1. Crude 90-day outcomes of all-cause mortality, HF, ventricular arrhythmias and ICD implantation. HF, heart failure; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.

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  Figure 2. Standardised 90-day absolute risks of all-cause mortality, HF, ventricular arrhythmias and ICD implantation. The reported absolute risks for patients with acute myocarditis versus population controls standardised to the age, sex and comorbidity distribution of all patients were derived from multivariable Cox regression. The following covariates were included in the models: patient age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prior myocardial infarction, prior ischaemic heart disease, percutaneous cardiac intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, stroke, peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation or flutter, HF, prior ventricular VT/VF/arrest and chronic kidney disease. HF, heart failure; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.

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  Figure 3. Adjusted HRs of 90-day all-cause mortality, HF, ventricular arrhythmias and ICD implantation for patients with acute myocarditis vs age-matched and sex-matched population controls. The multivariable Cox regression models included the following covariates: patient age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prior myocardial infarction, prior ischaemic heart disease, percutaneous cardiac intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, stroke, peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation or flutter, HF, prior ventricular VT/VF/arrest and chronic kidney disease. HF, heart failure; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.

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  Figure 4. Standardised 90-day absolute risks of all-cause mortality, HF, ventricular arrhythmias and ICD implantation, with myocardial infarction or revascularisation events during the 90-day follow-up period as competing risks. The reported absolute risks for patients with acute myocarditis versus population controls standardised to the age, sex and comorbidity distribution of all patients were derived from multivariable Cox regression. The following covariates were included in the models: patient age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prior myocardial infarction, prior ischaemic heart disease, percutaneous cardiac intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, stroke, peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation or flutter, HF, prior ventricular VT/VF/arrest and chronic kidney disease. HF, heart failure; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.