Sex-Specific Ventricular Arrhythmias and Mortality in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients

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OBJECTIVES: The study goal was to examine whether there are sex-related differences in the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias and mortality in CRT-defibrillator (CRT-D) recipients.

BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated sex-related benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Moreover, data on sex-related differences in the occurrence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in this population are limited.

METHODS: A multicenter retrospective study was conducted in 460 patients (355 male subjects and 105 female subjects) from the UMBRELLA (Incidence of Arrhythmia in Spanish Population With a Medtronic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Implant) national registry. Patients were followed up through remote monitoring after the first implantation of a CRT-D during a median follow-up of 2.2 ± 1.0 years. Sex differences were analyzed in terms of ventricular arrhythmia-treated incidence and death during the follow-up period, with a particular focus on primary prevention patients.

RESULTS: Baseline New York Heart Association functional class was worse in women compared with that in men (67.0% of women in New York Heart Association functional class III vs. 49.7% of men; p = 0.003), whereas women had less ischemic cardiac disease (20.8% vs. 41.7%; p < 0.001). Female sex was an independent predictor of ventricular arrhythmias (hazard ratio: 0.40; 95% confidence interval: 0.19 to 0.86; p = 0.020), as well as left ventricular ejection fraction and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Mortality in women was one-half that of men, although events were scarce and without significant differences (2.9% vs. 5.6%; p = 0.25).

CONCLUSIONS: Women with left bundle branch block and implanted CRT have a lower rate of ventricular tachyarrhythmias than men. All-cause mortality in patients is, at least, similar between female and male subjects.

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CommentIn: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jun;7(6):716-718. - PMID 34167749

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology - 7(2021), 6 vom: 25. Juni, Seite 705-715

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Quesada, Aurelio [VerfasserIn]
Arteaga, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Villafranca, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Alvarez, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Ferrer, José [VerfasserIn]
Alzueta-Rodriguez, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Fernández de la Concha, Joaquín [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Juan G [VerfasserIn]
Viñolas, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Porres, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Anguera, Ignasi [VerfasserIn]
Porro-Fernández, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Quesada-Ocete, Blanca [VerfasserIn]
de la Guía-Galipienso, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Palanca, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Jimenez, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Quesada-Ocete, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
UMBRELLA Research Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Heart failure
Journal Article
Mortality
Multicenter Study
Sex
Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

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Date Completed 22.10.2021

Date Revised 22.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jun;7(6):716-718. - PMID 34167749

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacep.2020.10.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319230023