Key result
VF/VFL-related mortality in the US steadily declined between 1999 and 2019, with an average annual percent change of -4.4% (95% CI -4.7 to -4.0; p<0.0001).
Why the study?
Ventricular fibrillation and flutter-related mortality trends in the United States population had not yet been investigated.
Population
242,125 VF/VFL-related deaths among US subjects aged more than 15 years old
Comparison
Trends by year, sex, race, and urban-rural status
Design
Retrospective database analysis
Authors
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Declining VF/VFL mortality trends warrant continued surveillance; leaves open drivers, disparities, and prevention targets in observational data.
Observational (n=242,125)
Effect estimate: AAPC -4.4% (95% CI -4.7 to -4.0)
p-value: p=< .0001
VF/VFL-related mortality in the US steadily decreased between 1999 and 2019, with a pronounced decline in women and white subjects, but a plateau in African Americans since 2007.
Zuin et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Ventricular fibrillation and flutter (VF/VFL) (n=242,125). Time period (1999-2019) was evaluated on VF/VFL-related mortality (AAPC -4.4%, 95% CI -4.7 to -4.0, p=< .0001). VF/VFL-related mortality in the US steadily declined between 1999 and 2019, with an average annual percent change of -4.4% (95% CI -4.7 to -4.0; p<0.0001).
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