The Difficult Evolution of Intensive Cardiac Care Units: An Overview of the BLITZ-3 Registry and Other Italian Surveys

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Discharge diagnosis of patients enrolled in the Italian BLITZ-3 Registry. (a) General population. Modified from Casella et al. for the BLITZ-3 investigators [9]. (b) Effects of aging. Modified from Casella et al. for the BLITZ-3 investigators [12]. CAD: coronary artery disease; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; VT: ventricular tachycardia; VF: ventricular fibrillation; AF: atrial fibrillation; SVT: supraventricular tachycardia; STE ACS: ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome; NSTE: ACS non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome; PE: pulmonary embolism; Post-EF procedure: postelectrophysiological procedure complications.

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