Table 3.
Comparison of arrhythmia and 24-h Holter status in the 4 study groups.
| Variable | Status | The Study group |
p | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fib. –F |
Fib. +F |
Inv. –F |
Inv. +F |
Total |
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |||
| arrhythmia | Yes | 98 | 81.7% | 95 | 89.6% | 103 | 88.0% | 99 | 90.0% | 395 | 87.2% | .196 |
| No | 22 | 18.3% | 11 | 10.4% | 14 | 12.0% | 11 | 10.0% | 58 | 12.8% | ||
| Total | 120 | 100.0% | 106 | 100.0% | 117 | 100.0% | 110 | 100.0% | 453 | 100.0% | ||
| 24 h Holter | VT | 5 | 22.7% | 4 | 36.4% | 6 | 42.9% | 7 | 63.6% | 22 | 37.9% | .014 |
| VF | 10 | 45.5% | 6 | 54.5% | 7 | 50.0% | 2 | 18.2% | 25 | 43.1% | ||
| Bradycardia | 7 | 31.8% | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | .0% | 0 | .0% | 8 | 13.8% | ||
| AF & AFL | 0 | .0% | 0 | .0% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 1.7% | ||
| Av block 2,3 | 0 | .0% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 7.1% | 1 | 9.1% | 2 | 3.4% | ||
| Total | 22 | 100.0% | 11 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 11 | 100.0% | 58 | 100.0% | ||
AF, atrial fibrillation; f-QRS, fragmented QRS; AFL, atrial flutter; VT, ventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation; (Fib. +F), patients received fibrinolytic therapy with f-QRS; (Fib. –F), patients received fibrinolytic therapy without f-QRS; (Inv. +F), patients received invasive therapy with f-QRS; (Inv. –F), patients received invasive therapy without f-QRS.