TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators for Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease
AU - Payne, Taylor
AU - Waller, Jennifer
AU - Kheda, Mufaddal
AU - Nahman, Norris Stanley
AU - Maalouf, Joyce
AU - Gopal, Aaron
AU - Hreibe, Haitham
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - End-stage renal disease (ESRD) constitutes a major burden on the health-care system in the United States, with more than 300,000 patients nationwide being treated with renal replacement therapy. Very few studies to date have evaluated the benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation for secondary prevention in patients with ESRD. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of secondary-prevention ICDs in reducing all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis using the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database. We queried the USRDS for relevant data between 2004 and 2010. Patients with diagnoses of ventricular fibrillation (VF), ventricular tachycardia (VT), or sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) were included in the study. Patients were excluded from the analysis if they were younger than 18 years; had missing age, sex, or race/ethnicity information; had experienced myocardial infarction; or had an ICD in situ at the time of VF, VT, or SCA diagnosis. The primary endpoint of this study was to determine the efficacy of secondary-prevention ICDs in reducing all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis. A total of 1,442 patients (3.4%) with ESRD had ICD insertion. Patients who received an ICD were predominantly younger, white males with lower Charlson Comorbidity Index and with fewer cardiovascular events. Survival at two years was 53% among those with an ICD relative to 27% among those without an ICD. In this study, we observed a substantial decrease in mortality in patients receiving an ICD for secondary prevention when compared with a cohort of similar patients with a history of VF, VT, or SCA.
AB - End-stage renal disease (ESRD) constitutes a major burden on the health-care system in the United States, with more than 300,000 patients nationwide being treated with renal replacement therapy. Very few studies to date have evaluated the benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation for secondary prevention in patients with ESRD. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of secondary-prevention ICDs in reducing all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis using the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database. We queried the USRDS for relevant data between 2004 and 2010. Patients with diagnoses of ventricular fibrillation (VF), ventricular tachycardia (VT), or sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) were included in the study. Patients were excluded from the analysis if they were younger than 18 years; had missing age, sex, or race/ethnicity information; had experienced myocardial infarction; or had an ICD in situ at the time of VF, VT, or SCA diagnosis. The primary endpoint of this study was to determine the efficacy of secondary-prevention ICDs in reducing all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis. A total of 1,442 patients (3.4%) with ESRD had ICD insertion. Patients who received an ICD were predominantly younger, white males with lower Charlson Comorbidity Index and with fewer cardiovascular events. Survival at two years was 53% among those with an ICD relative to 27% among those without an ICD. In this study, we observed a substantial decrease in mortality in patients receiving an ICD for secondary prevention when compared with a cohort of similar patients with a history of VF, VT, or SCA.
KW - End-stage renal disease
KW - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
KW - Secondary prevention
KW - Sudden cardiac arrest
KW - Sudden cardiac death
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U2 - 10.19102/ICRM.2020.110803
DO - 10.19102/ICRM.2020.110803
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85095461304
SN - 2156-3977
VL - 11
SP - 4199
EP - 4208
JO - Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
JF - Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
IS - 8
ER -