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To the Editor: Frolkis et al. (Feb. 27 issue)¹ found an association between frequent ventricular ectopy during recovery and decreased survival. However, we believe that two issues need to be addressed.

First, the authors do not indicate whether the subjects' electrocardiograms showed frequent ventricular ectopy at rest. The presence of frequent ventricular ectopy at rest may have been predictive of frequent ventricular ectopy during recovery and therefore may have been associated with decreased survival.

Second, a multivariable Cox regression model showed that frequent ventricular ectopy during recovery predicted an increased risk of death, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.6 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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