Arrhythmias in Centenarians

Abstract

These data suggest that conduction disturbances of the AV nodal--His-Purkinje system and frequent SVPBs are common in centenarians, whereas very frequent VPBs and atrial fibrillation seem less common.

Centenarians and their hearts: A prospective registry with comprehensive geriatric assessment, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, and follow-up

“…12 However, previous ECG studies in centenarians are limited by low sample size and methodological biases. 3,4,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The echocardiographic characteristics of centenarians have only been reported in a small retrospective group of 63 hospitalized subjects. 20 The aim of this study was to describe ECG, echocardiography, and blood test results in a cohort of centenarians and to correlate them with survival and with clinical data obtained from the medical history and a comprehensive geriatric assessment.…”

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Block in a Cohort of Asymptomatic Individuals without Heart Disease

“…In one man 23,900 ventricular ectopic beats were detected; this rare occurrence was also previously reported in a study of younger participants that identified 1,100 ventricular ectopic beats in a woman [2]. In elderly men >1,000 ventricular ectopic beats in a 24-hour monitoring were identified in 4 (4.5%) individuals [3]. …”

“…between 50 and 83% [1, 2, 16, 33]; the increase relative to age was also observed by others, and reached in elderly subjects rates between 76 and 97.8% [3, 14, 16, 34]. In the patient with 3,694 atrial ectopic beats in spite of our strict criteria for inclusion in the study, a subclinical condition may not be ruled out.…”

“…Reports on ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in this setting addressed more commonly specific samples such as athletes [4,5,6,7,8], middle-aged adults [9, 10], children [11, 12], elderlies [3,13,14,15,16], and aviators [17, 18]. Additional studies were performed in conditions associated with arrhythmias such as coronary artery disease [19,20,21].…”

“…Cardiac rhythm disturbances occur on ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in individuals without heart disease [1,2,3]. Reports on ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in this setting addressed more commonly specific samples such as athletes [4,5,6,7,8], middle-aged adults [9, 10], children [11, 12], elderlies [3,13,14,15,16], and aviators [17, 18].…”