Rapid ventricular tachycardia in patients with tetralogy of Fallot and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator : Insights from the DAI-T4F nationwide registry

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BACKGROUND: In repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), little is known about characteristics of patients with rapid ventricular tachycardia (VT). Also, whether patients with a first episode of nonrapid VT may subsequently develop rapid VT or ventricular fibrillation (VF) has not been addressed.

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to compare patients with rapid VT/VF with those with nonrapid VT and to assess the evolution of VT cycle lengths (VTCLs) overtime.

METHODS: Data were analyzed from a nationwide registry including all patients with TOF and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) since 2000. Patients with ≥1 VT episode with VTCL ≤250 ms (240 beats/min) formed the rapid VT/VF group.

RESULTS: Of 144 patients (mean age 42.0 ± 12.7 years; 104 [72%] men), 61 (42%) had at least 1 VT/VF episode, including 28 patients with rapid VT/VF (46%), during a median follow-up of 6.3 years (interquartile range 2.2-10.3 years). Compared with patients in the nonrapid VT group, those in the rapid VT/VF group were significantly younger at ICD implantation (35.2 ± 12.6 years vs 41.5 ± 11.2 years; P = .04), had more frequently a history of cardiac arrest (8 [29%] vs 2 [6%]; P = .02), less frequently a history of atrial arrhythmia (11 [42%] vs 22 [69%]; P = .004), and higher right ventricular ejection fraction (43.3% ± 10.3% vs 36.6% ± 11.2%; P = .04). The median VTCL of VT/VF episodes was 325 ms (interquartile range 235-429 ms). None of the patients with a first documented nonrapid VT episode had rapid VT/VF during follow-up.

CONCLUSION: Patients with TOF and rapid VT/VF had distinct clinical characteristics. The relatively low variation of VTCL over time suggests a room for catheter ablation without a backup ICD in selected patients with well-tolerated VT.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Heart rhythm - 20(2023), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 252-260

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Laredo, Mikael [VerfasserIn]
Duthoit, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Sacher, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
Anselme, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
Audinet, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Bessière, Francis [VerfasserIn]
Bordachar, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Bouzeman, Abdeslam [VerfasserIn]
Boveda, Serge [VerfasserIn]
Bun, Sok Sithikun [VerfasserIn]
Chassignolle, Morgane [VerfasserIn]
Clerici, Gaël [VerfasserIn]
Da Costa, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
de Guillebon, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Defaye, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Elbaz, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Eschalier, Romain [VerfasserIn]
Extramiana, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Fauchier, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Hermida, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Gandjbakhch, Estelle [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Rodrigue [VerfasserIn]
Gourraud, Jean-Baptiste [VerfasserIn]
Guenancia, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Guy-Moyat, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Irles, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Iserin, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Jourda, François [VerfasserIn]
Koutbi, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Labombarda, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Ladouceur, Magalie [VerfasserIn]
Lagrange, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Lellouche, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Mansourati, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Marquié, Christelle [VerfasserIn]
Martins, Raphael [VerfasserIn]
Massoulié, Grégoire [VerfasserIn]
Mathiron, Amel [VerfasserIn]
Maury, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Messali, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Milhem, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Mondoly, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Cédric [VerfasserIn]
Ninni, Sandro [VerfasserIn]
Pasquié, Jean Luc [VerfasserIn]
Pierre, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Pujadas, Penelope [VerfasserIn]
Sellal, Jean-Marc [VerfasserIn]
Thambo, Jean-Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Walton, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Winum, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Zakine, Cyril [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Jouven, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Combes, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Marijon, Eloi [VerfasserIn]
Waldmann, Victor [VerfasserIn]
DAI-T4F Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult congenital heart disease
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Journal Article
Rapid ventricular tachycardia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sudden cardiac death
Tetralogy of Fallot
Ventricular arrhythmia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.02.2023

Date Revised 23.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03837574

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.10.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348234341