Quality of life in patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias treated at the Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular – INCOR

Soto-Becerra R.; Aráoz-Tarco O.; Cabrera-Saldaña M.; Guevara-Caicedo C.; Zelaya-Castro P.; Zegarra-Carhuaz R. · Archivos Peruanos de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular (2023) · DOI: 10.47487/apcyccv.v4i1.279

Resumen

Objective. To describe the quality of life in patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias treated at the Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular-INCOR in Lima-Peru. Materials and methods. Analytical and cross-sectional study of patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias treated by 3D ablation or antiarrhythmic therapy between July 2017 and December 2019 to whom the 36-item Short Form quality-of-life questionnaire version 2 (SF-36v2) was applied to assess health-related quality of life. Results. Fifty-two patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias were included (34 underwent 3D ablation, and 18 received only antiarrhythmic therapy). The percentage of recurrence (14.7% vs. 50.0%, p=0.010) and adverse events (0% vs. 22.2%, p=0.011) were fewer in the 3D ablation group than the antiarrhythmic group. The mean standardized scores obtained from the Spanish version of the SF-36v2 were 85.1% vs 68.4% (p<0.001); respectively. Statistically significant differences in six of the eight components that assess health-related quality of life were found: physical function (96.0 vs. 76.0, p<0.001), physical role (93.4 vs. 61.1, p<0.001), general health (74.5 vs. 47.4, p<0.001), vitality (69.9 vs 54.7, p=0.008), emotional role (92.2 vs. 77.8, p=0.006) and mental health (73.8 vs. 60.0, p<0.001). Conclusions. Patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias who underwent 3D ablation have a greater health-related quality of life standardized score.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos