The "Registry of Malignant Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death - Influence of Diagnostics and Interventions (RACE-IT)" represents a mono-centric registry of patients being hospitalized suffering from malignant arrythmias (ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Detailed findings of patients' clinical outcome regarding mortality and co-morbidities related to the presence of invasive diagnostics or therapies including coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), electrophysiological testing (EP), catheter ablation and implanted cardiac devices (e.g. implantable cardioverter-defibrillators) will be documented. Patients will be included when being hospitalized from the year 2004 until today.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3,200
First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
RECRUITINGIncidence of ventricular arrythmias (i.e. ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachykardia, asystole, SCD)
Time frame: Through study completion, potentially up to 12 years, depending on patient inclusion/first event and patients lifetime
Incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and PCI in patients with VF/VT/SCD
Time frame: Through study completion, potentially up to 12 years, depending on patient inclusion/first event and patients lifetime
Incidence of invasive electrophysiologic testing (EP) and catheter ablation
Time frame: Through study completion, potentially up to 12 years, depending on patient inclusion/first event and patients lifetime
Incidence of treatment with cardiac devices (i.e. ICD, CCM, CRT-D)
Time frame: Through study completion, potentially up to 12 years, depending on patient inclusion/first event and patients lifetime
Incidences of recurrent malignant tachycardias, all-cause mortality, arrhythmia-related death, re-PCI/ACVB, re-ablation, further therapy with cardiac devices
Time frame: Through study completion, potentially up to 12 years, depending on patient inclusion/first event and patients lifetime
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