Why the study?
Does the presence of premature ventricular complexes on a routine screening ECG increase the risk of ischemic stroke in adults free of stroke at baseline?
Population
24,460 participants from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study who were free of…
Comparison
Presence of at least 1 premature ventricular… vs Absence of premature ventricular complexes on…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average (SD) 6.0 (2.0) years
Authors
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PVCs on routine ECG may flag higher ischemic stroke risk; leaves open causality and need for intervention trials.
Does the presence of premature ventricular complexes on a routine screening ECG increase the risk of ischemic stroke in adults free of stroke at baseline?
The presence of premature ventricular complexes on a routine screening ECG is an independent risk factor for incident ischemic stroke.
Agarwal et al. (2015) studied this question.
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