Acute Lead Dislodgements and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Enrolled in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Registry
Cheng A, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Varosy PD. Acute Lead Dislodgements and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Enrolled in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 56: 1651-1656. PMID: 21050975, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator RegistryImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryLead dislodgementAcute dislodgementHospital deathAdverse eventsNew York Heart Association functional class IV heart failureAtrial fibrillation/flutterCardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator deviceClass IV heart failureCommon adverse eventsIn-Hospital MortalityLow ejection fractionChronic lung diseaseMore comorbiditiesCardiac tamponadeMultivariate adjustmentEjection fractionHeart failureNonischemic cardiomyopathyAtrial fibrillationCerebrovascular diseaseCardiac arrestLung diseasePotential confounders