Electrophysiology and Pacing Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
Department of Cardiology, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Oct;20(10):1472-1481. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1117. Epub 2017 Dec 18.
We sought to determine whether atrioventricular junction ablation (AVJA) in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) has a positive impact on ICD shocks and hospitalizations compared with rate-slowing drugs.
This is a pooled analysis of data from 179 international centres participating in two randomized trials and one prospective observational research. The co-primary endpoints were all-cause ICD shocks and all-cause hospitalizations. Out of 3358 CRT-ICD patients (2720 male, 66.6 years), 2694 (80%) were in sinus rhythm (SR) and 664 (20%) had permanent AF-262 (8%) treated with AVJA (AF + AVJA) and 402 (12%) treated with rate-slowing drugs (AF + Drugs). Median follow-up was 18 months. The mean (95% confidence intervals) annual rate of all-cause ICD shocks per 100 patient years was 8.0 (5.3-11.9) in AF + AVJA, 43.6 (37.7-50.4) in AF + Drugs, and 34.4 (32.5-36.5) in SR patients, resulting in incidence rate ratio (IRR) reductions of 0.18 (0.10-0.32) for AF + AVJA vs. AF + Drugs (P < 0.001) and 0.48 (0.35-0.66) for AF + AVJA vs. SR (P < 0.001). These reductions were driven by significant reductions in both appropriate ICD shocks [IRR 0.23 (0.13-0.40), P < 0.001, vs. AF + Drugs] and inappropriate ICD shocks [IRR 0.09 (0.04-0.21), P < 0.001, vs. AF + Drugs]. Annual rate of all-cause hospitalizations was significantly lower in AF + AVJA vs. AF + Drugs [IRR 0.57 (0.41-0.79), P < 0.001] and SR [IRR 0.85 (073-0.98), P = 0.027].
In AF patients treated with CRT, AVJA results in a lower incidence and burden of all-cause, appropriate and inappropriate ICD shocks, as well as to fewer all-cause and heart failure hospitalizations.
NCT00147290, NCT00617175, NCT01007474.
我们旨在确定在接受心脏再同步治疗(CRT)植入式心脏复律除颤器(ICD)且伴有永久性房颤(AF)的患者中,房室结消融(AVJA)与减慢心率药物相比是否对 ICD 电击和住院治疗有积极影响。
这是来自参与两项随机试验和一项前瞻性观察性研究的 179 个国际中心的数据的汇总分析。主要终点是全因 ICD 电击和全因住院。在 3358 例 CRT-ICD 患者(2720 名男性,66.6 岁)中,2694 例(80%)处于窦性心律(SR),664 例(20%)为永久性 AF-262(8%)接受 AVJA(AF+AVJA)治疗,402 例(12%)接受减慢心率药物(AF+药物)治疗。中位随访时间为 18 个月。每 100 名患者年的全因 ICD 电击的平均(95%置信区间)年发生率分别为 AF+AVJA 组 8.0(5.3-11.9),AF+药物组 43.6(37.7-50.4),SR 组 34.4(32.5-36.5),AF+AVJA 组与 AF+药物组相比,发生率比(IRR)降低 0.18(0.10-0.32)(P<0.001),与 SR 组相比,IRR 降低 0.48(0.35-0.66)(P<0.001)。这些减少是由适当的 ICD 电击[IRR 0.23(0.13-0.40),P<0.001,与 AF+药物组相比]和不适当的 ICD 电击[IRR 0.09(0.04-0.21),P<0.001,与 AF+药物组相比]的显著减少所致。与 AF+药物组相比,AF+AVJA 组的全因住院率[IRR 0.57(0.41-0.79),P<0.001]和 SR 组[IRR 0.85(0.73-0.98),P=0.027]明显降低。
在接受 CRT 治疗的 AF 患者中,AVJA 可降低全因、适当和不适当 ICD 电击的发生率和负担,以及全因和心力衰竭住院的发生率。
NCT00147290,NCT00617175,NCT01007474。