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
SURVIVAL FOLLOWING IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
Higgins A, Annapureddy A, Wang Y, Minges K, Lampert R, Rosenfeld L, Jacoby D, Curtis J, Miller E, Freeman J. SURVIVAL FOLLOWING IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 306. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)30914-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research