Why the study?
Does the presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia predict mortality in hypertensive patients without symptomatic coronary disease?
Population
214 hypertensive patients, mean age 59.1+/-12.8 years, without symptomatic coronary disease, myocardial…
Comparison
Presence of non-sustained ventricular… vs Absence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 42.4+/-26.8 months
Authors
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May refine prognosis in asymptomatic hypertensives; leaves open whether NSVT detection alters management.
Does the presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia predict mortality in hypertensive patients without symptomatic coronary disease?
In hypertensive patients without symptomatic coronary disease, the presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia on Holter monitoring is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiac mortality.
Galinier et al. (1997) studied this question.
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