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ABSTRACT: Background and objectives
This study was performed to describe clinical characteristics of patients with left ventriculars (LV) dysfunction and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), and to evaluate the effect of ICD therapy on survival in Yeongnam province of Korea.Subjects and methods
From a community-based device registry (9 centers, Yeongnam province, from November 1999 to September 2012), 146 patients with LV dysfunction and an ICD implanted for primary or secondary prophylaxis, were analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups, based on the etiology (73 with ischemic cardiomyopathy and 73 with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy), and indication for the device implantation (36 for primary prevention and 110 for secondary prevention). The cumulative first shock rate, all cause death, and type and mode of death, were determined according to the etiology and indication.Results
Over a mean follow-up of 3.5 years, the overall ICD shock rate was about 39.0%. ICD shock therapy was significantly more frequent in the secondary prevention group (46.4% vs. 16.7%, p=0.002). The cumulative probability of a first appropriate shock was higher in the secondary prevention group (p=0.015). There was no significant difference in the all-cause death, cardiac death, and mode of death between the groups according to the etiology and indication.Conclusion
Studies from this multicenter regional registry data shows that in both ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy patients, the ICD shock therapy rate was higher in the secondary prevention group than primary prevention group.
SUBMITTER: Park KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5287190 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Kyu-Hwan KH Lee Chan-Hee CH Jung Byung Chun BC Cho Yongkeun Y Bae Myung Hwan MH Kim Yoon-Nyun YN Park Hyoung-Seob HS Han Seongwook S Lee Young Soo YS Hyun Dae-Woo DW Kim Jun J Kim Dae Kyeong DK Cha Tae-Jun TJ Shin Dong-Gu DG
Korean circulation journal 20161227 1
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>This study was performed to describe clinical characteristics of patients with left ventriculars (LV) dysfunction and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), and to evaluate the effect of ICD therapy on survival in Yeongnam province of Korea.<h4>Subjects and methods</h4>From a community-based device registry (9 centers, Yeongnam province, from November 1999 to September 2012), 146 patients with LV dysfunction and an ICD implanted for primary or secondary p ...[more]