Digoxin and Risk of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia and Death in ICD Recipients.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol
; 10(7 Pt 1): 1468-1476, 2024 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-38878014
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Some studies have shown digoxin use to be associated with adverse outcomes, including increased mortality. There are limited data on whether digoxin use is associated with increased risk of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) in heart failure patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).OBJECTIVES:
This study sought to assess whether digoxin use is associated with increased risk of VT/VF in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with a primary prevention ICD in landmark clinical trials.METHODS:
The study cohort consisted of patients with an ICD or cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator who were enrolled in 4 landmark MADIT trials (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trials). We employed propensity score quintile stratification for treatment with digoxin as well as additional multivariable adjustment to assess the risk of digoxin vs no-digoxin therapy for the endpoints of first and recurrent VT/VF and all-cause mortality. The proportional hazards regression models for arrhythmia-specific endpoints incorporated adjustments for the competing risk of death.RESULTS:
At baseline, 1,155 of 4,499 patients were on digoxin (26%). After propensity score quintile stratification, patients prescribed digoxin were shown to exhibit a statistically significant 48% increased risk of VT/VF (P < 0.001), 42% increased risk of the composite of VT/VF or death (P < 0.001), and a 37% increased risk of all-cause mortality (P = 0.006). Digoxin use was also associated with increased risk of appropriate ICD shocks (HR 1.91; P < 0.001) and with increased burden of VT/VF events (HR 1.46; P = 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings suggests that digoxin use is associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmia and death in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients with an ICD.Key words
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tachycardia, Ventricular
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Defibrillators, Implantable
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Digoxin
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Heart Failure
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
JACC Clin Electrophysiol
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Publication country:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA