Temporal association between drops in thoracic impedance and malignant ventricular arrhythmia: A longitudinal analysis of remote monitoring trends.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
; 34(4): 947-956, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Thoracic impedance (TI) drops measured by implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have been reported to correlate with ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VT/VF). The aim of our study was to assess the temporal association of decreasing TI trends with VT/VF episodes through a longitudinal analysis of daily remote monitoring data from ICDs and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Retrospective data from 2384 patients were randomized 11 into a derivation or validation cohort. The TI decrease rate was defined as the percentage of rolling weeks with a continuously decreasing TI trend. The derivation cohort was used to determine a TI decrease rate threshold for a ≥99% specificity of arrhythmia prediction. The associated risk of VT/VF episodes was estimated in the validation cohort by dividing the available follow-up into 60-day assessment intervals. Analyses were performed separately for 1354 ICD and 1030 CRT-D patients. During a median follow-up of 2.0 years, 727 patients (30.4%) experienced 3298 confirmed VT/VF episodes. In the ICD group, a TI decrease rate of >60% was associated with a higher risk of VT/VF episode in a 60-day assessment interval (stratified hazard ratio, 1.42; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05-1.92; p = .023). The TI decrease preceded (40.8%) or followed (59.2%) the VT/VF episodes. In the CRT-D group, no association between TI decrease and VT/VF episodes was observed (p = .84).CONCLUSION:
In our longitudinal analysis, TI decrease was associated with VT/VF episodes only in ICD patients. Preventive interventions may be difficult since episodes can occur before or after TI decrease.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Arritmias Cardíacas
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Taquicardia Ventricular
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
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FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Itália