Active Surveillance of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry for Defibrillator Lead Failures
Resnic F, Majithia A, Dhruva S, Ssemaganda H, Robbins S, Marinac-Dabic D, Hewitt K, Ohno-Machado L, Reynolds M, Matheny M. Active Surveillance of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry for Defibrillator Lead Failures. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2020, 13: e006105. PMID: 32283971, PMCID: PMC7360169, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD RegistryLead failureActive surveillanceNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryPrimary safety end pointPropensity-matched survival analysisRate of freedomSafety end pointLead failure rateLong-term safetySignificant patient harmDefibrillator lead failureEarly lead failureMonitoring of safetyComparator patientsContemporary ICDLead survivalMeaningful differencesOutcome ascertainmentFailure rateNew ICDPatient harmPatientsSurvival analysis