Long-term clinical outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillation: impact of the aetiology of cardiomyopathy.

Abstract

Aims:

There is a continuing debate as to whether cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillation (CRT-D) is superior to CRT-pacing (CRT-P), particularly in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). We sought to quantify the clinical outcomes after primary prevention of CRT-D and CRT-P and identify whether these differed according to the aetiology of cardiomyopathy.

Methods and results:

Analyses were undertaken in the total study population of patients treated with CRT-D (n = 551) or CRT-P (n = 999) and in propensity-matched samples. Device choice was governed by the clinical guidelines in the United Kingdom. In univariable analyses of the total study population, for a maximum follow-up of 16 years (median 4.7 years, interquartile range 2.4-7.1), CRT-D was associated with a lower total mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 0.72] and the composite endpoints of total mortality or heart failure (HF) hospitalization (HR 0.72) and total mortality or hospitalization for major adverse cardiac events (MACE; HR 0.71) (all P < 0.001). After propensity matching (n = 796), CRT-D was associated with a lower total mortality (HR 0.72) and the composite endpoints (all P < 0.01). When further stratified according to aetiology, CRT-D was associated with a lower total mortality (HR 0.62), total mortality or HF hospitalization (HR 0.63), and total mortality or hospitalization for MACE (HR 0.59) (all P < 0.001) in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). There were no differences in outcomes between CRT-D and CRT-P in patients with NICM.

Conclusion:

In this study of real-world clinical practice, CRT-D was superior to CRT-P with respect to total mortality and composite endpoints, independent of known confounders. The benefit of CRT-D was evident in ICM but not in NICM.

• Authors: Francisco Leyva, Abbasin Zegard, Fraz Umar, Robin James Taylor, Edmund Acquaye, Christopher Gubran, Shajil Chalil, Kiran Patel, Jonathan Panting, Howard Marshall, Tian Qiu
• Journal: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (Europace) Vol. 20 Issue 11 Pg. 1804-1812 (11 01 2018) ISSN: 1532-2092 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 29697764 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cardiac Pacing, Artificial (adverse effects, methods)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (methods, statistics & numerical data)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices
• Cardiomyopathies (etiology, mortality, therapy)
• Cause of Death
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Electric Countershock (adverse effects, instrumentation, methods)
• Female
• Hospitalization (statistics & numerical data)
• Humans
• Long Term Adverse Effects (diagnosis, etiology, mortality)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mortality
• Primary Prevention (methods, statistics & numerical data)
• Treatment Outcome
• United Kingdom (epidemiology)