Incidence and predictors of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy and its complications in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation patients

Lennart J Blom, Marloes Visser, Imke Christiaans, Marcoen F Scholten, Marianne Bootsma, Maarten P van den Berg, Sing-Chien Yap, Jeroen F van der Heijden, Pieter A Doevendans, Peter Loh, Pieter G Postema, Daniela Q Barge-Schaapsveld, Nynke Hofman, Paul G A Volders, Arthur A Wilde, Rutger J Hassink

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Aims Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is a rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation is currently the only treatment option. Limited data are available on the prevalence and complications of ICD therapy in these patients. We sought to investigate ICD therapy and its complications in patients with IVF.

Methods and results Patients were selected from a national registry of IVF patients. Patients in whom no underlying diagnosis was found during follow-up were eligible for inclusion. Recurrence of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) was derived from medical and ICD records, electrogram records of ICD therapies were used to differentiate between appropriate or inappropriate interventions. Independent predictors for appropriate ICD shock were calculated using cox regression. In 217 IVF patients, recurrence of sustained VAs occurred in 66 patients (30%) during a median follow-up period of 6.1 years. Ten patients died (4.6%). Thirty-eight patients (17.5%) experienced inappropriate ICD therapy, and 32 patients (14.7%) had device-related complications. Symptoms before cardiac arrest [hazard ratio (HR): 2.51, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.48-4.24], signs of conduction disease (HR: 2.27, 95% CI: 1.15-4.47), and carrier of the DPP6 risk haplotype (HR: 3.24, 1.70-6.17) were identified as independent predictors of appropriate shock occurrence.

Conclusion Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy is an effective treatment in IVF, treating recurrences of potentially lethal VAs in approximately one-third of patients during long-term follow-up. However, device-related complications and inappropriate shocks were also frequent. We found significant predictors for appropriate ICD therapy. This may imply that these patients require additional management to prevent recurrent events.

Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)1519-1526
Aantal pagina's8
TijdschriftEuropace
Volume21
Nummer van het tijdschrift10
Vroegere onlinedatum21-mei-2019
DOI's
StatusPublished - okt.-2019

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