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. 2011 May 15;13(8):1118–1126. doi: 10.1093/europace/eur102

Table 2.

Total number of hospitalizations and hospital days by pre-specified classification

Total number of hospitalizations
Total number of hospital days
Reason for hospitalization Placebo (n = 2327) Dronedarone (n = 2301) Log-rank test P value Placebo (n = 2327) Dronedarone (n = 2301) Wilcoxon test P value
CV hospitalizations
AF and other supraventricular rhythm disorders 829 514 <0.0001 4637 3132 <0.0001
Worsening CHF, including pulmonary oedema or dysponea of cardiac origin 184 165 0.505 1511 1486 0.202
Acute coronary syndromea 113 71 0.01047 1188 816 0.038
Implantation of a pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or other cardiac device 83 65 NC 372 334 0.206
Stable angina pectoris or atypical chest pain 72 69 NC 533 402 0.611
TIA or stroke (except intracranial haemorrhage) 64 46 NC 1122 439 0.079
Transcutaneous coronary, cerebrovascular, or peripheral procedure 55 52 NC 165 168 0.718
CV surgery except cardiac transplantation 47 38 NC 436 332 0.519
Hypotension, hypertension; except syncope 40 30 NC 297 238 0.349
Major bleeding (requiring two or more units of blood or any intracranial haemorrhage) 33 41 NC 349 423 0.687
Syncope 33 32 NC 190 102 0.371
Atherosclerosis related (if not otherwise specified) 20 17 NC 269 199 0.693
Ventricular arrhythmia or non-fatal cardiac arrest 14 16 NC 120 91 0.820
Pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis 6 15 NC 121 137 0.070
Ventricular extrasystoles 1 1 NC 13 3 0.994
Cardiac transplantation 1 0 NC 20 0 0.320
CV infection 0 5 NC 0 14 0.044
Other CV hospitalization 285 254 0.2842 1870 1524 0.240
Non-CV hospitalizations 715 676 0.480 6326 5901 0.703

NC, not calculable.

aAcute coronary syndrome includes myocardial infarction or unstable angina.