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EUROPACE
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 356-361Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun019
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ICD; heart failure; right ventricular pacing; VT/VF
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Aims There is increasing evidence that right ventricular (RV) pacing may have detrimental effects by increasing morbidity and mortality for heart failure in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients. In this study we prospectively tested the hypothesis that cumulative RV pacing increases ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) occurrence (primary endpoint) and hospitalization and mortality for heart failure (secondary endpoint) in a predominantly secondary prophylactic ICD patient population. Methods and results Two hundred and fifty patients were divided into two groups according to the median of cumulative RV pacing (<= 2 vs. > 2%) and prospectively followed-up for occurrence of primary and secondary endpoints for 18 +/- 4 months. Established predictors for VT/VF occurrence and heart failure events such as age, left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), QRS duration, history of atrial fibrillation, and NT-proBNP were collected at enrolment. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that cumulative RV pacing > 2% and EF < 40% were independent predictors for VT/VF occurrence and heart failure events. Kaptan-Meier analysis showed that patients with > 2% cumulative RV pacing more frequently suffered from VT/VF occurrence and heart failure hospitalization. Conclusion Cumulative RV pacing > 2% and EF < 40% are independent predictors for VT/VF occurrence and mortality and hospitalization for heart failure in predominantly secondary prophylactic ICD patients. Our data show that algorithms capable of reducing cumulative RV pacing should be used more frequently in clinical practice.
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