Table 2.
Serious Event Type | Serious Event Identified DURING ED Evaluation† n (%) | 30-Day Serious Event Occurred AFTER ED Evaluation ╪ n (%) |
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Any | 287 (10%) | 173 (7%) |
Death | 0 (0%) | 41 (1%) |
Cardiac Event | 198 (7%) | 120 (4%) |
Arrhythmia | 175 (6%) | 92 (3%) |
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) | 25 (0.9%) | 10 (0.4%) |
VT Terminated by AICD | 10 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) |
Sustained VT | 5 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) |
Non-Sustained VT | 10 (0.3%) | 8 (0.3%) |
Symptomatic PSVT | 9 (0.3%) | 6 (0.2%) |
Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter with Rapid Ventricular Response | 41 (1.4)% | 18 (0.7%) |
Sick Sinus Syndrome/Sinus Pause | 23 (0.8%) | 30 (1%) |
Third or Mobitz II Heart Block | 15 (0.5%) | 9 (0.4%) |
Symptomatic Bradycardia | 76 (2.6%) | 20 (0.8%) |
Abnormal Electrophysiology Study | 2 (0.1%) | 5 (0.2%) |
Myocardial Infarction | 14 (0.5%) | 6 (0.2%) |
Cardiac Procedure | 0 (0%) | 54 (2%) |
Pacemaker | 40 (2%) | |
Implantable Defibrillator | 7 (4%) | |
Coronary Angioplasty | 3 (4%) | |
Coronary Bypass Surgery | 4 (4%) | |
Structural Heart Disease | 5 (0.2%) | 10 (0.4%) |
Pulmonary Embolism | 7 (0.2%) | 6 (0.3%) |
Stroke/TIA | 9 (0.3%) | 11 (0.4%) |
GI Bleed/Anemia | 85 (3%) | 8 (0.3%) |
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 1 (0.03%) | 0 (0%) |
Some patients experienced more than one event
These patients were excluded from further analysis;
Denominator includes 2,871 patients who met initial eligibility criteria
Denominator includes 2,584 patients in the study cohort