Title | Echocardiographic Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and Cardiovascular Health Study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Konety S, Koene RJ, Norby FL, Wilsdon T, Alonso A, Siscovick D, Sotoodehnia N, Gottdiener J, Fox ER, Chen LYee, Adabag S |
Secondary Authors | Folsom AR |
Journal | Circ Cardiovasc Imaging |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 8 |
Date Published | 2016 Aug |
ISSN | 1942-0080 |
Keywords | African Americans, Aged, Area Under Curve, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Coronary Disease, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Echocardiography, Female, Heart Failure, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Mitral Valve, Multivariate Analysis, Predictive Value of Tests, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, ROC Curve, Stroke Volume, Time Factors, United States, Ventricular Function, Left |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: This study assessed the echocardiographic predictors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) within 2 population-based cohorts. METHODS AND RESULTS: Echocardiograms were obtained on 2383 participants (1993-1995) from the ARIC study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; 100% black) and 5366 participants (1987-1989 and 1994-1995) from the CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study). The main outcome was physician-adjudicated SCD. We used Cox proportional-hazards models with incident coronary heart disease and heart failure as time-dependent covariates to assess the association between echocardiographic variables and SCD, adjusting for Framingham risk score variables, coronary heart disease, and renal function. Cohort-specific results were meta-analyzed. During a median follow-up of 7.3 and 13.1 years, 44 ARIC study participants and 275 CHS participants had SCD, respectively. In the meta-analyzed results, the adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for predictors of SCD were 3.07 (2.29-4.11) for reduced left ventricular ejection fraction; 1.85 (1.36-2.52) for mitral annular calcification; 1.64 (1.07-2.51) for mitral E/A >1.5, and 1.52 (1.14-2.02) for mitral E/A CONCLUSIONS: In addition to reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, we identified other echocardiographic-derived variables predictive for SCD that provided incremental value compared with clinical risk factors. |
DOI | 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.004431 |
Alternate Journal | Circ Cardiovasc Imaging |
PubMed ID | 27496550 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC5010094 |
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