Abstract:
:It is a common practice to perform percutaneous or open coronary artery revascularisation in CHD to prevent sudden or unexpected death. Such a practice assumes that sudden and unexpected death is common in stable patients with uncomplicated CHD. This is a retrospective analysis of 248 patients (199, 80% men, 49, 20% women) who had median age 65.1 when assessed after stabilisation of their CHD and were followed up to 25 years until their death. Myocardial revascularisation was only performed after the patients had stabilised if they developed either progressive clinical disability or acute coronary syndromes. At stabilisation, 181 (73%) were uncomplicated, 59 (24%) had heart failure (HF) and 8 (3%) had other comorbidities. At their last visit before death, 67 (27%) were uncomplicated, 121 (49%) had HF, 41 (17%) had cancer and 19 (8%) had other comorbidities. Their median age at death was 72.4 years. 77 (31%) died suddenly, 47 (19%) of HF, 39 (16%) of cancer, 35 (14%) of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 50 (20%) had miscellaneous modes of dying. Unexpected death occurred in 26 (10%) of cases: sudden 12, AMI 7, stroke 3, suicide 2, abdominal aneurysm 1, motor vehicle accident 1. We conclude that the clinical condition of most patients with CHD deteriorates between their initial stabilisation and their final visit before their death-metamorphosis. Only a small proportion of deaths occur in patients with stable CHD and no HF. Intervention in stable patients without CHF is unlikely to reduce sudden or unexpected death in patients with CHD.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Jelinek M,Santamaria Jdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-05-16 00:00:00pages
10-3issue
1eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(06)00605-Xjournal_volume
118pub_type
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-05-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.024
更新日期:2013-09-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2009-02-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.017
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2006-11-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.003
更新日期:2014-10-20 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00209-5
更新日期:1998-09-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.07.005
更新日期:2005-05-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.10.005
更新日期:2018-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.09.078
更新日期:2016-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.144
更新日期:2014-12-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.030
更新日期:2017-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.033
更新日期:2018-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.12.038
更新日期:2018-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.007
更新日期:2005-10-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.137
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.12.047
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.12.120
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00403-x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(99)00006-6
更新日期:1999-04-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia found in clinical practice. We combined high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometry (MS) to compare the atrial proteome of subjects with AF versus controls with sinus rhythm (SR). Our aim was to identify novel...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.036
更新日期:2011-08-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.043
更新日期:2014-01-15 00:00:00