2020
Prevalence, predictors and complications with defibrillation threshold testing in pediatric patients: Results from the NCDR
Prutkin JM, Wang Y, Escudero CA, Stephenson EA, Minges KE, Curtis JP, Hsu JC. Prevalence, predictors and complications with defibrillation threshold testing in pediatric patients: Results from the NCDR. International Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 305: 44-49. PMID: 31980272, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.01.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInadequate defibrillation safety marginDefibrillation safety marginDFT testingDefibrillation threshold testingHospital complicationsPediatric patientsHospital stayICD recipientsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryThreshold testingLowest successful energyProlonged hospital stayRisk of complicationsTransvenous ICD implantationHospital dischargeICD implantationMultivariable adjustmentICD RegistryPediatric populationRetrospective analysisLower oddsComplicationsPatientsTesting useLittle data
2016
Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With Adoption of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the United States
Friedman DJ, Parzynski CS, Varosy PD, Prutkin JM, Patton KK, Mithani A, Russo AM, Curtis JP, Al-Khatib SM. Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With Adoption of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the United States. JAMA Cardiology 2016, 1: 900-911. PMID: 27603935, PMCID: PMC5112106, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.2782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillatorPropensity-matched analysisS-ICDHospital outcomesImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorICD implantsComplication rateICD RegistryDFT testingS-ICDsCardioverter defibrillatorNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryHospital complication ratesIn-Hospital OutcomesPrior cardiac arrestLow complication rateS-ICD implantationUse of ICDsSC-ICDICD implantationCardiac arrestMean ageRetrospective analysisMAIN OUTCOMEPatients
2013
Patient, Physician, and Procedural Factors Influencing the Use of Defibrillation Testing during Initial Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion: Findings from the NCDR®
RUSSO AM, WANG Y, AL‐KHATIB S, CURTIS JP, LAMPERT R. Patient, Physician, and Procedural Factors Influencing the Use of Defibrillation Testing during Initial Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion: Findings from the NCDR®. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 2013, 36: 1522-1531. PMID: 23981009, DOI: 10.1111/pace.12248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital adverse eventsDFT testingAdverse eventsImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator insertionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCardiac resynchronization therapy devicesPrimary prevention indicationVentricular ejection fractionResynchronization therapy devicesProspective randomized dataImplantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) technologyDefibrillation threshold testingPatterns of practiceMore comorbiditiesPrevention indicationDefibrillator insertionEjection fractionHeart failureAtrial arrhythmiasDefibrillation testingIndependent associationProcedural characteristicsTeaching hospitalDefibrillator technologyImplant procedure