Prevalence of Ventricular Ectopy in Older Adults across Different Frailty Levels

Parvaneh, Saman; Najafi, Bijan; Toosizadeh, Nima; Riaz, Irbaz Bin; Mohler, Jane

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“…[1][2][3] Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs) are common with an estimated prevalence of 1% to 4% in the general population. 4 Rapid pacing due to PVCs also results in neurohormonal pathway changes which bring about release of B type neuropeptides (ProBNP). ProBNP is mainly synthesized and secreted by cardiac myocytes in response to myocardial wall stretch.…”

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Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring

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Objectives: This study was done with the objective to identify the determinants of mild, moderate and frequent burdens of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) which may guide the health care professionals to stratify the high risk patients on basis of their symptoms. Methods: It was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted in Islamic International Medical College (IIMC) in collaboration with Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) from 18th April 2016 to 20th March 2018. It comprised 60 diagnosed patients of PVCs, divided into three groups on the basis of their PVCs burden determined by Holter monitoring report. Each group of mild (Group-A), moderate (Group-B) and frequent burden (Group-C) constituted 20 patients having PVC burden <10%, 10-20% and >20% respectively. All patients were evaluated for their symptoms by a cardiologist. Statistical analysis was done to determine the association of patient’s symptom and age with mild, moderate and frequent PVCs burden. Results: PVCs were significantly associated with presence of symptoms as compared to asymptomatic patients. While no significant correlation of age or any specific symptom (palpitations, chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath) was found with mild, moderate and frequent PVCs burden with p-value of 0.466. Conclusions: Mild, moderate or frequent PVCs burden are not associated with any specific symptom predominantly or old age. So, it is equally important for all the patients presenting with any symptom of palpitations, chest pain, dizziness or shortness of breath to undergo the work up of PVCs, irrespective of their age. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.2873 How to cite this:Ambreen S, Fayyaz H, Hayat A, Shamsi NA. Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(2):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.2873 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring

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Prevalence of Ventricular Ectopy in Older Adults across Different Frailty Levels

Abstract: An increased prevalence of ventricular ectopy (Premature Ventricular Contraction, PVC) non-frail (44.18±67.58), pre-frail (47.93±76.76), and frail (22.13±7.84). However, the average number of PVC beats was higher in pre-frail compared to non-frail (p>0.05).

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Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring

Association of age and symptoms with frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions on 24 hours Holter monitoring

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