@entity308 on ambulatory electrocardiography in the early in-hospital period after XXXX predicts early and late mortality: a short-term and a 3-year follow-up study.

@entity1 @entity308 @entity296 @entity299 @entity583 @entity204
A surveillance study was conducted to determine the in-hospital and long-term prognostic value of @entity308 assessed by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring (AEM) during the early in-hospital period after @entity583 ( @entity583 ). @entity308 ( @entity308 ) was determined by computer analysis of 24-h ECG tapes as a horizontal or downsloping change in ST level by > 0.1 mV from the reference base line. The ST level was measured 80 ms after the J point of all normally conducted complexes for > or = 1 min. All computer-detected ST events were verified by one trained reader. Tapes corresponding to 74 @entity1 were analyzed. In addition, 23 tapes corresponding to age- and gender-matched controls were also analyzed. @entity1 were divided into two groups: 22 @entity1 (30%) showed @entity308 (Group A), and 52 @entity1 (70%) had no episode of @entity308 (Group B). Among controls, 1 @entity1 (4%) showed @entity308 . During the early follow-up period (14 +/- 11 days after hospital admission), @entity299 occurred in 11 @entity1 [7 (32%) in Group A and 4(8%) in Group B, p < 0.01], including 6 @entity204 [5 (23%) in Group A and 1 (2%) in Group B, p < 0.01], 3 acute coronary artery bypass surgeries [2 (9%) in Group A and 1 (2%) in Group B, p = NS], and 2 nonfatal @entity296 (both in Group A, p = NS). During a mean follow-up period of 3 years (36 +/- 15 months), 18 @entity1 died [10 (45%) in Group A and 8 (15%) in Group B, p = 0.01]. Eleven deaths were sudden [7 (32%) in Group A and 4 (8%) in Group B, p < 0.01]. Eighteen @entity583 occurred [11 (50%) in Group A and 7 (13%) in Group B, p < 0.005]. Twenty @entity1 underwent revascularization procedures [7 (32%) in Group A and 13 (25%) in Group B, p = NS].(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
