2017
Seattle Heart Failure and Proportional Risk Models Predict Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Bilchick KC, Wang Y, Cheng A, Curtis JP, Dharmarajan K, Stukenborg GJ, Shadman R, Anand I, Lund LH, Dahlström U, Sartipy U, Maggioni A, Swedberg K, O’Conner C, Levy WC. Seattle Heart Failure and Proportional Risk Models Predict Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 69: 2606-2618. PMID: 28545633, PMCID: PMC5502749, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeattle Heart Failure ModelSeattle Proportional Risk ModelNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryPrimary prevention ICDsHeart failureSudden deathCause mortalitySurvival benefitMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionProportional riskProportional hazards regressionRecent clinical trialsHeart failure modelProportional risk modelControl patientsOverall survivalVentricular arrhythmiasHazards regressionICD benefitClinical trialsCardioverter defibrillatorLarge cohortHigh riskData registry
2016
Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads
Zeitler EP, Wang Y, Dharmarajan K, Anstrom KJ, Peterson ED, Daubert JP, Curtis JP, Al-Khatib SM. Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2016, 9: e003953. PMID: 27406605, PMCID: PMC4973616, DOI: 10.1161/circep.116.003953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryLead explantationUpper extremity thrombosisProcedure-related complicationsImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator leadsOutcomes 1 yearLong-term safetyCardioverter-defibrillator leadsHospital complicationsHospital deathUrgent surgeryPulmonary embolismICD RegistryHospital eventsPostprocedure complicationsMortality riskPatientsICD leadPropensity scoreComplicationsExplantationLead abandonmentMalfunctioning leadsHigh rateComparative acute