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The distribution of PAC burden and its dose\u2013response effects on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death had not been elucidated clearly. We analyzed 15,893 patients in a medical referral center from July 1st, 2011, to December 31st, 2018. Multivariate regression driven by ln PAC (beats per 24\u00a0h plus 1) or quartiles of PAC burden were examined. Older group had higher PAC burden than younger group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> for trend\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and both genders shared similar PACs distribution. In Cox model, ln PAC remained an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality (hazard ratio (HR)\u2009=\u20091.09 per ln PAC increase, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.06\u20121.12, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). PACs were a significant risk factor in cause-specific model (HR\u2009=\u20091.13, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.05\u20121.22, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) or sub-distribution model (HR\u2009=\u20091.12, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.04\u20121.21, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004). In ordinal PAC model, 4th quartile group had significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality than those in 1st quartile group (HR\u2009=\u20091.47, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.13\u20121.94, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), but no difference in cardiovascular death were found in competing risk analysis. In subgroup analysis, the risk of high PAC burden was consistently higher than in low-burden group across pre-specified subgroups. 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