Long-term outcomes among a nationwide cohort of patients using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

BACKGROUND: Large-scale studies describing modern populations using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are lacking. We aimed to analyze the incidence of arrhythmia, device interventions, and mortality in a broad spectrum of real-world ICD patients with different heart disorders. METHODS...

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Autores: Briongos-Figuero, Sem|||0000-0002-7893-5581, García-Alberola, Arcadio|||0000-0003-1928-865X, Rubio, Jerónimo, Segura, José María, Rodríguez, Aníbal, Peinado, Rafael, Alzueta, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7635-1753, Martínez-Ferrer, José Bautista|||0000-0002-5397-3995, Viñolas, Xavier|||0000-0002-8243-1271, Fernández de la Concha, Joaquín|||0000-0002-1004-5988, Anguera, Ignasi|||0000-0001-6988-3487, Martín, María, Cerdá, Laia, Pérez, Luisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:272134
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/272134
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1161/JAHA.120.018108
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:All-cause death
Appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Inappropriate shock
Sustained ventricular arrhythmia
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Large-scale studies describing modern populations using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are lacking. We aimed to analyze the incidence of arrhythmia, device interventions, and mortality in a broad spectrum of real-world ICD patients with different heart disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS: The UMBRELLA study is a prospective, multicenter, nationwide study of contemporary patients using an ICD followed up by remote monitoring, with a blinded review of arrhythmic episodes. From November 2005 to November 2017, 4296 patients were followed up. After 46.6±27.3 months, 16 067 episodes of sustained ventricular arrhythmia occurred in 1344 patients (31.3%). Appropriate ICD therapy occurred in 27.3% of study population. Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (hazard ratio [HR], 1.51; 95% CI, 1.29-1.78), dilated cardiomyopathy (HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.07-1.53), and valvular heart disease (HR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.43-2.62) exhibited a higher risk of appropriate ICD therapies, whereas patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.54-0.96) and Brugada syndrome (HR, 0.25; 95% CI, 0.14-0.45) showed a lower risk. All-cause death was 13.4% at follow-up. Ischemic cardiomyopathy (HR, 3.09; 95% CI, 2.58-5.90), dilated cardiomyopathy (HR, 3.33; 95% CI, 2.18-5.10), and valvular heart disease (HR, 3.97; 95% CI, 2.25-6.99) had the worst prognoses. Delayed high-rate detection was enabled in 39.7% of patients, and single-zone programming occurred in 52.6% of primary prevention patients. Both parameters correlated with lower risk of first appropriate ICD therapy, with no excess risk of mortality. The rate of inappropriate shocks at follow-up was low (6%) and did not differ among type of ICD but was lower in SmartShock-capable devices. CONCLUSIONS: Irrespective of the cause, contemporary ICD patients with heart failure-related disorders had a similar risk of ICD life-saving interventions and death. Current ICD programming recommendations still need to be implemented.