Although the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias was similar across all age groups, they were only a significant predictor of mortality in those subjects between the ages of 75 and 85 with a trend towards significance in those subjects older than 85, underscoring the risk of these arrhythmias in an older population.
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Cardiac arrhythmias and In-hospital mortality amongst patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A retrospective study in an Italian population.
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Ventricular arrhythmias, on the other hand, was associated with a nearly three-fold increased odds of mortality in both women (OR 2.82, CI 1.22 – 6.50, p = 0.015) and men (OR 3.32, CI 0.94 – 11.67, p < 0.062), although this did not reach statistical significance in men.