2021
Risk and predictors of mortality after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in patients with sarcoid cardiomyopathy
Higgins AY, Annapureddy AR, Wang Y, Minges KE, Bellumkonda L, Lampert R, Rosenfeld LE, Jacoby DL, Curtis JP, Miller EJ, Freeman JV. Risk and predictors of mortality after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in patients with sarcoid cardiomyopathy. American Heart Journal 2021, 246: 21-31. PMID: 34968442, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-ischemic cardiomyopathyAtrial fibrillation/flutterChronic lung diseaseCardiac sarcoidosisHeart failureCS patientsNICM patientsICD implantationLung diseaseNew York Heart Association class III heart failureNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryNYHA class IV heart failureClass III heart failureClass IV heart failureImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationKaplan-Meier survival curvesCox proportional hazards modelPredictors of mortalityCardioverter-defibrillator implantationVentricular ejection fractionMultivariable logistic regressionPrior ventricular arrhythmiasProportional hazards modelRate of deathTime of implantation
2019
Risk score for the exclusion of arrhythmic events in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy at first presentation
Vischer AS, Castelletti S, Syrris P, Bastiaenen R, Miles C, Akdis D, Denhaerynck K, Jacoby D, Saguner AM, Krahn AD, Behr ER, McKenna WJ, Pantazis A. Risk score for the exclusion of arrhythmic events in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy at first presentation. International Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 290: 100-105. PMID: 31104822, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.04.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathyNon-sustained VTNegative T wavesRight ventricular cardiomyopathyVentricular arrhythmiasRisk scoreArrhythmic eventsFiltered QRS durationFirst presentationH ECGQRS durationVentricular cardiomyopathyLead aVRARVC Task Force CriteriaApplicable risk scoreCohort of patientsSustained ventricular arrhythmiasMultivariable logistic regressionTask Force criteriaDetailed clinical dataLife-threatening arrhythmiasHeart muscle disorderT waveNegative predictive valueSignal-averaged ECG