Electrical storm is associated with impaired prognosis compared to ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Because data on electrical storm (ES) is limited, this study sought to compare the prognostic outcome of patients with ES to those with ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTA) on mortality, rehospitalization and major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - April 11, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michael Behnes, Julian M üller, Dominik Ellguth, Tobias Schupp, Gabriel Taton, Linda Reiser, Thomas Reichelt, Armin Bollow, Seung-Hyun Kim, Christian Barth, Ahmad Saleh, Jonas Rusnak, Kathrin Weidner, Christoph A. Nienaber, Kambis Mashayekhi, Muharrem Ak Source Type: research