Seasonal variation in the frequency of sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: the effect of meteorological factors.

Chung, Fa-Po; Li, Hsin-Ru; Chong, Eric; Pan, Chih-Hsin; Lin, Yenn-Jiang; Chang, Shih-Lin; Lo, Li-Wei; Hu, Yu-Feng; Tuan, Ta-Chuan; Chao, Tze-Fan; Liao, Jo-nan; Lin, Wen-Yu; Shaw, Kai-Ping; Chen, Shih-Ann

Chung, Fa-Po; Li, Hsin-Ru; Chong, Eric; Pan, Chih-Hsin; Lin, Yenn-Jiang; Chang, Shih-Lin; Lo, Li-Wei; Hu, Yu-Feng; Tuan, Ta-Chuan; Chao, Tze-Fan; Liao, Jo-nan; Lin, Wen-Yu; Shaw, Kai-Ping; Chen, Shih-Ann.

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Chung FP; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Heart Rhythm ; 10(12): 1859-66, 2013 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24080066

Subject(s)

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/complications; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/epidemiology; Seasons; Tachycardia, Ventricular/epidemiology; Adult; Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/physiopathology; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology; Electrocardiography; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Male; Meteorological Concepts; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival Rate/trends; Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology; Tachycardia, Ventricular/physiopathology; Taiwan/epidemiology; Time Factors

Key words

ARVD/C; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy; CI; ECG; HR; ICD; Meteorological factors; OR; RV; SCD; SV; Seasonal variation; Sudden cardiac death; VF; VT; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy; confidence interval; electrocardiogram; heart rate; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; odds ratio; right ventricle/ventricular; stroke volume; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seasons / Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Tachycardia, Ventricular / Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Heart Rhythm Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Taiwan

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