Association of Device-Detected Atrial High-Rate Episodes With Long-term Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality : A Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND: Device-detected atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) were associated with an increased thromboembolic risk. Although limited data regarding the long-term prognosis of patients with AHRE were controversial, this study aimed to identify the association of device-detected AHRE with mortality.

METHODS: This observational study included patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) placement and no history of atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFL), or atrial tachycardia (AT). During follow-up, patients with at least 1 day of AHRE duration ≥ 15 minutes were identified. The primary endpoint was cardiovascular mortality, and the secondary endpoint was all-cause mortality.

RESULTS: During a mean follow-up period of 4.2 years, AHREs were detected in 124 of 343 (36.2%) patients. Of these, 44 deaths (35.5%) occurred in 124 patients with AHREs, which was significantly higher than those without AHREs (43 of 219; 19.6%; P = 0.001). The multivariate analysis revealed that patients with AHRE had a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular (hazard ratio [HR], 2.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.23-4.67; P = 0.010), and all-cause mortality (HR, 2.31; 95% CI, 1.49-3.59; P < 0.001). Further analysis indicated that this association remained significant in patients with higher burden (≥ 6 hours) but not in patients with lower burden (≥ 15 minutes to 6 hours). Notably, even after excluding the patients diagnosed with clinical AF during follow-up, the remaining patients with AHREs still exhibited a higher risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared with patients without AHREs.

CONCLUSIONS: AHREs were prevalent in ICD or CRT-D recipients with no history of clinical AF, AFL, or AT and were associated with more than twice the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: No. ChiCTR-ONRC-13003695.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

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The Canadian journal of cardiology - 40(2024), 4 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 598-607

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Mi, Lijie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Keping [VerfasserIn]
Hua, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Su, Yangang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shu [VerfasserIn]

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Observational Study

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.cjca.2023.12.007

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NLM365828955