Psychosocial status predicts mortality in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias

Background Quality-of-life (QoL) instruments evaluate various aspects of physical, mental, and emotional health, but how these psychosocial characteristics impact long-term outcome after cardiac arrest and ventricular tachycardia (VT) is unknown. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Heart rhythm 2008-03, Vol.5 (3), p.361-365
Hauptverfasser:	Steinberg, Jonathan S., MD, FACC, FHRS, Joshi, Sandeep, MD, Schron, Eleanor B., MS, RN, Powell, Judy, BSN, Hallstrom, Alfred, PhD, McBurnie, MaryAnn, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antiarrhythmic Versus Implantable Defibrillators trial Antiarrhythmics Cardiac arrest Cardiovascular Chi-Square Distribution Defibrillation Defibrillators, Implantable Female Heart Arrest - mortality Heart Arrest - psychology Heart Arrest - therapy Humans Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Quality of Life Risk Factors Tachyarrhythmias Tachycardia, Ventricular - mortality Tachycardia, Ventricular - psychology Tachycardia, Ventricular - therapy
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