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- Title
Right Bundle Branch Block Predicts Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapies in Patients with Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy and a Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.
- Authors
Jiménez-Blanco Bravo, Marta; Alonso Salinas, Gonzalo Luis; Parra Esteban, Carolina; Toquero Ramos, Jorge; Amores Luque, Miguel; Zamorano Gómez, Jose Luis; García-Izquierdo, Eusebio; Álvarez-García, Jesús; Fernández Lozano, Ignacio; Castro Urda, Víctor
- Abstract
Background: The benefit of prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with severe systolic dysfunction of non-ischemic origin is still unclear, and the identification of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death remains a major challenge. Aims/Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all consecutive patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM) who underwent prophylactic ICD implantation between 2008 and 2020 in two tertiary centers. Our main goal was to identify the predictors of appropriate ICD therapies (anti-tachycardia pacing [ATP] and/or shocks) in this cohort of patients. Results: A total of 224 patients were included. After a median follow-up of 51 months, 61 patients (27.2%) required appropriate ICD therapies. Patients with appropriate ICD therapies were more frequently men (87% vs. 69%, p = 0.006), of younger age (59 years, (53–65) vs. 64 years, (57–70); p = 0.02), showed more right bundle branch blocks (RBBBs) (15% vs. 4%, p = 0.007) and less left bundle branch blocks (LBBBs) (26% vs. 47%, p = 0.005) in the ECG, and had higher left ventricular end-diastolic (100 mL/m2, (90–117) vs. 86, (71–110); p = 0.011) and systolic volumes (72 mL/m2, (59–87) vs. 61, (47–81), p = 0.05). In a multivariate competing-risks regression analysis, RBBB (HR 2.26, CI 95% 1.02–4.98, p = 0.043) was identified as an independent predictor of appropriate ICD therapies. Conclusion: RBBBs may help to identify patients with NICM at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias and requiring ICD intervention.
- Subjects
BUNDLE-branch block; IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators; DILATED cardiomyopathy; CARDIAC arrest; VENTRICULAR arrhythmia
- Publication
Diagnostics (2075-4418), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 11, p1173
- ISSN
2075-4418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/diagnostics14111173