Table 2.
Clinical outcomes and arrhythmic events in the 3 groups of patients, stratified according to the time elapsed from last MI
| |
Time from MI > 40 days and < 1,5 years |
Time from MI ≥ 1,5 years and < 7 years |
Time from MI ≥ 7 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 158 | N = 171 | N = 314 | |
| Follow-Up, months |
|
|
|
| Median (IQR) |
24 (15, 35) |
22 (12, 34) |
22 (11, 32) |
| Detection of at least 1 ventricular tachyarrhythmia (% ) § |
33 (20.9%) |
45 (26.3%) |
104 (33.1%) |
| Delivery of at least 1 appropriate device therapy (ATP or shock) (%) § |
27 (17.1%) |
34 (19.9%) |
82 (26.1%) |
| All cause mortality (%) |
17 (10.8%) |
19 (11.1%) |
38 (12.1) |
| Cardiac mortality (%) |
9 (5.7%) |
8 (4.7%) |
20 (6.4%) |
| SCD mortality (%) | 3 (1.9% ) | 3 (1.8%) | 9 (2.9%) |
§ Significant difference between strata, p < 0,05.
SCD = sudden cardiac death.