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Clinical predictors of outcome in patients with inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy.

Konstantinos KaratoliosVolker HolzendorfGeorge HatzisDimitrios TousoulisAnette RichterBernhard SchiefferSabine Pankuweit
Published in: PloS one (2017)
In patients with DCMi, a prolonged QTc interval >440msec, a GFR<60ml/min/1.73m2 and worsening of NYHA classification during follow-up were univariate predictors of adverse prognosis. In contrast, NYHA classification at baseline, left ventricular ejection fraction, atrial fibrillation, treatment with digitalis or viral genome detection were not related to outcome. After multivariable analysis, a GFR <60ml/min/1.73m2 remained independently associated with adverse outcome.
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