Barra, S;
Providência, R;
Duehmke, R;
Boveda, S;
Marijon, E;
Reitan, C;
Borgquist, R;
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(2017)
Sex-specific outcomes with addition of defibrillation to resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure.
Heart
, 103
(10)
pp. 753-760.
10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310677.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Among primary prevention patients with heart failure receiving cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), the impact of additional implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) treatment on outcomes and its interaction with sex remains uncertain. We aim to assess whether the addition of the ICD functionality to CRT devices offers a more pronounced survival benefit in men compared with women, as previous research has suggested. METHODS: Observational multicentre cohort study of 5307 consecutive patients with ischaemic or non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy and no history of sustained ventricular arrhythmias having CRT implantation with (cardiac resynchronisation therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), n=4037) or without (cardiac resynchronisation therapy pacemaker (CRT-P), n=1270) defibrillator functionality. Using propensity score (PS) matching and weighting and cause-of-death data, we assessed and compared the outcome of patients with CRT-D versus CRT-P. This analysis was stratified according to sex. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 34 months (interquartile range 22-60 months) no survival advantage, of CRT-D versus CRT-P was observed in both men and women after PS matching (HR=0.95, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.16, p=0.61, and HR=1.30, 95% CI 0.83 to 2.04, p=0.25, respectively). With inverse-probability weighting, a benefit of CRT-D was seen in male patients (HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.94, p=0.012) but not in women (HR 0.87, 95% CI 0.63 to 1.19, p=0.43). The excess unadjusted mortality of patients with CRT-P compared with CRT-D was related to sudden cardiac death in 7.4% of cases in men but only 2.2% in women. CONCLUSIONS: In primary prevention patients with CRT indication, the addition of a defibrillator might convey additional benefit only in well-selected male patients.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sex-specific outcomes with addition of defibrillation to resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310677 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310677 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Aged, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Electric Countershock, Europe, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Failure, Humans, Incidence, Male, Propensity Score, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Sex Factors, Survival Rate, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Ventricular Function, Left |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10051910 |
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