Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2021 Sep 7. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1978841. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We evaluate the effects of paroxysmal arrhythmia on the hospital outcomes of patients admitted with cirrhosis.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: : 2011-2017 National Inpatient Sample was used to isolate patients with decompensated/compensated cirrhosis, stratified by paroxysmal arrhythmia (supraventricular: PSVT and ventricular: PVT). The cohorts were matched using propensity-score matching and compared to mortality, length of stay, cost, and cardiac complications (cardioversion, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation).
RESULTS: : In compensated cirrhosis, 2,453 had PSVT with matched controls; 5,274 had PVT with matched controls. Those with PSVT had higher mortality (aOR 1.55 95%CI 1.23-1.95) and higher rates of cardioversion and cardiogenic shock; likewise, those with PVT had higher mortality (aOR 2.41 95%CI 2.09-2.78) and higher rates of all complications. In decompensated cirrhosis, 1,598 had PSVT with matched controls; 4,178 had PVT with matched controls. Those with PSVT had higher mortality (aOR 1.57 95%CI 1.28-1.93) and higher rates of cardioversion, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest; those with PVT had higher mortality (aOR 2.25 95%CI 1.98-2.56) and higher rates of all complications.
CONCLUSION: : The findings from this study show that in either decompensated or compensated cohort, those with paroxysmal arrhythmias are at a higher risk of in-hospital mortality and adverse cardiac outcomes.
PMID:34493127 | DOI:10.1080/14779072.2021.1978841