The major predictors of patient outcome are patient age, functional status (physical fitness), comorbidities such as cardiorespiratory disease and diabetes, abnormalities of biomarkers such as hemoglobin (Hb), albumin and renal function, and inflammatory markers. Recently, the importance of considering pa...
Conversely, malignant arrhythmic events were associated with younger age, male sex, the burden of ectopic ventricular beats and the extent of T-wave inversion in the inferior and precordial leads. The use of the calculator may be associated with overestimation of the risk of VT and VF, which...
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus imposes a significant burden of complications and mortality, despite important advances in treatment: subjects affected by this di