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Time-dependent risk reduction of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac resynchronization therapy patients: a MADIT-RIT sub-study

Item Type:Article
Title:Time-dependent risk reduction of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac resynchronization therapy patients: a MADIT-RIT sub-study
Creators Name:Stockburger, M. and Moss, A.J. and Olshansky, B. and Klein, H. and McNitt, S. and Schuger, C. and Daubert, J.P. and Goldenberg, I. and Ruwald, A.C.H. and Merkely, B. and Zareba, W. and Kutyifa, V.
Abstract:Aims: Data on the time-dependent benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) compared with a dual-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to reduce death or ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) are limited. We aimed to evaluate the time-related risk of death or sustained VT or VF in patients receiving CRT-D vs. ICD in the MADIT-RIT trial. Methods and results: Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and multivariate Cox regression models were utilized to compare the incidence and the risk of death or sustained VT/VF in the CRT-D and ICD subgroups by the elapsed time after device implantation (6 months). Of the ICD (n = 742) and CRT-D (n = 757) patients enrolled, the risk of death was lower in CRT-D vs. in ICD early after device implantation [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.42, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.17-1.03, P = 0.058] and beyond 6 months of follow-up (HR = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.21-0.73, P = 0.004), with the 6-month interaction P = 0.899. The overall risk of sustained VT/VF was reduced in CRT-D vs. ICD patients (HR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.52-1.03, P = 0.07). However, the risk was similar in the first 6 months (HR = 1.00, 95% CI: 0.62-1.62, P = 0.988), and a lower risk emerged 6 months after CRT-D implantation (HR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.38-0.88, P = 0.011), with the 6-month interaction P = 0.059. Conlusion: The reduced mortality risk of CRT-D compared with an ICD alone began early after device implantation and was sustained during long-term follow-up; the reduced risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias did not emerge until 6 months after device implantation. Clinical trial registration: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00947310.
Keywords:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, MADIT-RIT
Source:Europace
ISSN:1099-5129
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Volume:17
Number:7
Page Range:1085-1091
Date:July 2015
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euv008
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