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8808524

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Elderly people, even if asymptomatic and in apparently good cardiovascular condition, have a high incidence of cardiovascular events. Prognostic markers by noninvasive procedures would therefore be desirable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic usefulness of Holter monitoring in this setting. Holter findings in 50 asymptomatic elderly subjects with sinus rhythm were correlated with major clinical cardiovascular events occurring during a 5-year follow-up period (16% incidence). No significant association was found with any baseline arrhythmia category, even complex arrhythmias such as unsustained ventricular tachycardia, which had a 10% baseline prevalence. On the other hand, cardiovascular events were correlated (P < .01) with the presence of silent ST-segment depression (8% baseline prevalence), which seems to have an unfavorable clinical significance, in elderly, as well as younger, people. Holter monitoring, because of the benignity of high-prevalence findings and the very low incidence of unfavorable events, has an overall limited prognostic usefulness in asymptomatic elderly subjects with sinus rhythm. In a cost-conscious medical environment, its use seems to be justified only in selected cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-0736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic value of Holter monitoring in asymptomatic elderly subjects with sinus rhythm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Bassano General Hospital, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article