Trends in Use and In-Hospital Outcomes of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Dialysis
Pun PH, Parzynski CS, Friedman DJ, Sanders G, Curtis JP, Al-Khatib SM. Trends in Use and In-Hospital Outcomes of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Dialysis. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2020, 15: 1622-1630. PMID: 32967922, PMCID: PMC7646229, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.07920520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital cardiac arrestSubcutaneous ICDTransvenous ICDICD implantsHospital outcomesICD recipientsICD RegistryCardiac arrestHigh riskNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryFirst-time ICD recipientsPropensity score-weighted analysisImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationSubcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillatorIn-Hospital OutcomesShort-term complicationsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationLong-term dialysisVascular access siteImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorCause deathHospital complicationsHospital stayDefibrillator implantationUS patients