Premature Ventricular Contraction Location and Incident Heart Failure
作者
Thomas A. Dewland,David G. Rosenthal,Edward P. Gerstenfeld,Melvin M. Scheinman,Álvaro Alonso,Elsayed Z. Soliman,Lin Y. Chen,David S. Siscovick,Nona Sotoodehnia,John S. Gottdiener,Bruce M. Psaty,Susan R. Heckbert,Phyllis K. Stein,Gregory M. Marcus
In a large population-based cohort, ventricular ectopy was most frequently localized to the left ventricle. Individuals with ectopy arising from the left ventricle and from epicardial locations experienced a higher likelihood of incident heart failure compared with those without PVCs or those with PVCs from other locations.