In-hospital predictors for primary prevention of sudden death after acute myocardial infarction with cardiac dysfunction

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BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend prophylactic defibrillator implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40 % or LVEF ≤35 % plus heart failure symptoms or inducible ventricular tachyarrhythmias during an electrophysiology study at 40 days after AMI or 90 days after revascularization. In-hospital predictors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) after AMI during the index hospitalization remain unsettled. We sought to examine in-hospital predictors of SCD in patients with AMI and LVEF ≤40 % evaluated during the index hospitalization.

METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 441 consecutive patients with AMI and LVEF ≤40 % admitted to our hospital between 2001 and 2014 (77 % male gender; median age: 70 years; median hospitalization length: 23 days). The primary endpoint was a composite of SCD or aborted SCD at ≥30 days after AMI onset (composite arrhythmic event). LVEF and QRS duration (QRSd) on electrocardiography were measured at a median of 12 days and 18 days, respectively.

RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 7.6 years, the incidence of composite arrhythmic events was 7.3 % (32 of 441 patients). In multivariable analysis, QRSd ≥100 msec (beta-coefficient = 1.54, p = 0.003), LVEF ≤23 % (beta-coefficient = 1.14, p = 0.007), and onset-reperfusion time > 5.5 h (beta-coefficient = 1.16, p = 0.035) were independent predictors of composite arrhythmic events. The combination of these 3 factors was associated with the highest rate of composite arrhythmic events compared with 0-2 factors (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The combination of QRSd ≥100 msec, LVEF ≤23 %, and onset-reperfusion time > 5.5 h during the index hospitalization provides precise risk stratification for SCD in patients early after AMI.

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CommentIn: J Cardiol. 2023 Dec;82(6):504. - PMID 37640153

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiology - 82(2023), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 186-193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Konagai, Nao [VerfasserIn]
Asaumi, Yasuhide [VerfasserIn]
Murata, Shunsuke [VerfasserIn]
Noda, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Takeuchi, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Fujino, Masashi [VerfasserIn]
Honda, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Yoneda, Shuichi [VerfasserIn]
Kataoka, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Otsuka, Fumiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Nishimura, Kunihiro [VerfasserIn]
Tsujita, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Kusano, Kengo [VerfasserIn]
Noguchi, Teruo [VerfasserIn]
Yasuda, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute myocardial infarction
Coronary reperfusion
Electrocardiography
Journal Article
Left ventricular dysfunction
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sudden cardiac death

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Date Completed 28.07.2023

Date Revised 25.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Cardiol. 2023 Dec;82(6):504. - PMID 37640153

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.05.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356899470