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Congestive heart failure

Prevalence
Causes
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Prognosis
Prognosis

Patients are at increased risk of dying with   
  • frequent ventricular tachycardia a  

Why?

Ventricular tachycardias increase the risk of dying

Patient Prognostic Factor Outcome CER OR
(95% CI)		 NNF+
(95% CI)
severe heart failure a non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
independent  		death
at 13 months 		24% 1.62
(1.22 to 2.16)		 5
(3 to 15)
 

 

Expiry date: June 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   B   Lee
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton , A   Yates