2020
Appropriate and inappropriate shocks in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: An international multicenter study
Nazer B, Dale Z, Carrassa G, Reza N, Ustunkaya T, Papoutsidakis N, Gray A, Howell SJ, Elman MR, Pieragnoli P, Ricciardi G, Jacoby D, Frankel DS, Owens A, Olivotto I, Heitner SB. Appropriate and inappropriate shocks in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: An international multicenter study. Heart Rhythm 2020, 17: 1107-1114. PMID: 32084597, PMCID: PMC8052990, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary prevention patientsAdjusted odds ratioT-wave inversionAppropriate shocksInappropriate shocksHCM patientsR-wave amplitudeHypertrophic cardiomyopathyS-ICDsCardiology/American Heart Association criteriaElectrocardiographic R-wave amplitudeAmerican Heart Association criteriaHCM Risk-SCD scorePrimary prevention patientsS-ICD shocksAbnormal T-wave inversionSustained ventricular arrhythmiasSudden cardiac deathS-ICD implantationHypertrophic cardiomyopathy patientsInternational multicenter studyT-wave oversensingYounger patientsCardiac deathIndependent predictors
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