“…Kempny et al
12 identified five factors independently associated with mortality in ES: age, underlying shunt, sinus rhythm, pericardial effusion and baseline oxygen saturations 12. In this current study, the only other factors, in addition to AT, associated with mortality were WHO FC and age at diagnosis, with WHO ≥3 having a mortality HR of 1.82 (95% CI 1.19 to 2.78; p=0.006) and age at presentation having a mortality HR for each 10 years of 1.02 (95% CI 1.00 to 1.03; p=0.012).…”