title: Significance of accelerated idioventricular rhythm in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Holter monitoring was performed in 202 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, which revealed accelerated idioventricular rhythm in 16 patients (8%) and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in 70 patients (35%). During 32 +/- 15-month prospective follow-up, no significant difference was observed for major arrhythmic events and transplant-free survival between patients with and without accelerated idioventricular rhythm, whereas patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia had a significantly higher incidence of major arrhythmic events and a lower transplant-free survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maisch
mesh_terms: D016170:Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013318:Stroke Volume