Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2024 Jun;26(6):1423-1431. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3239. Epub 2024 May 11.
Current guidelines recommend implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in patients with heart failure, a left ventricular ejection fraction of ≤35%, and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III. However, the evidence regarding the benefit of primary prevention ICD is less consistent in patients with NYHA class III. We investigated the long-term effects of primary prevention ICD implantation according to NYHA class in an extended follow-up study of the DANISH trial.
The DANISH trial randomized 1116 patients with non-ischaemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) to ICD implantation or usual care. Outcomes were analysed according to NYHA class at baseline (NYHA class II and III/IV). The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Of the 1116 patients randomized in the DANISH trial, 597 (53.5%) were in NYHA class II at baseline, 505 (45.3%) in NYHA class III, and 14 (1.3%) in NYHA class IV. During a median follow-up of 9.5 years, NYHA class III/IV, compared with NYHA class II, were associated with a greater long-term rate of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20-1.93) and cardiovascular death (HR 1.95 [1.47-2.60]). ICD implantation, compared with usual care, did not reduce the long-term rate of all-cause mortality (all participants: HR 0.89 [95% CI 0.74-1.08]; NYHA class II: HR 0.85 [0.64-1.13]; NYHA class III/IV: HR 0.89 [0.69-1.14]; p = 0.78) or cardiovascular death (all participants: HR 0.87 [95% CI 0.70-1.09]; NYHA class II: HR 0.78 [0.54-1.12]; NYHA class III/IV: HR 0.89 [0.67-1.19]; p = 0.58), irrespective of NYHA class. Similarly, NYHA class did not modify the beneficial effects of ICD implantation on sudden cardiovascular death (all participants: HR 0.60 [95% CI 0.40-0.92]; NYHA class II: HR 0.73 [0.40-1.36]; NYHA class III/IV: HR 0.52 [0.29-0.94]; p = 0.39).
In patients with non-ischaemic HFrEF, ICD implantation, compared with usual care, did not reduce the overall mortality rate, but it did reduce sudden cardiovascular death, regardless of baseline NYHA class.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00542945.
目前的指南建议在心力衰竭、左心室射血分数≤35%和纽约心脏协会(NYHA)心功能 II-III 级的患者中植入心脏再同步治疗除颤器(ICD)。然而,NYHA 心功能 III 级患者中初级预防 ICD 的益处证据不太一致。我们在 DANISH 试验的扩展随访研究中,根据 NYHA 心功能分级,研究了初级预防 ICD 植入的长期效果。
DANISH 试验将 1116 名非缺血性射血分数降低性心力衰竭(HFrEF)患者随机分为 ICD 植入组或常规治疗组。根据基线 NYHA 心功能分级(NYHA 心功能 II 级和 III/IV 级)分析结局。主要结局为全因死亡率。在 DANISH 试验中,1116 名随机患者中,597 名(53.5%)基线 NYHA 心功能 II 级,505 名(45.3%)NYHA 心功能 III 级,14 名(1.3%)NYHA 心功能 IV 级。中位随访 9.5 年后,与 NYHA 心功能 II 级相比,NYHA 心功能 III/IV 级与长期全因死亡率(风险比 [HR] 1.52,95%置信区间 [CI] 1.20-1.93)和心血管死亡(HR 1.95 [1.47-2.60])增加相关。与常规治疗相比,ICD 植入并未降低全因死亡率(所有参与者:HR 0.89 [95%CI 0.74-1.08];NYHA 心功能 II 级:HR 0.85 [0.64-1.13];NYHA 心功能 III/IV 级:HR 0.89 [0.69-1.14];p=0.78)或心血管死亡(所有参与者:HR 0.87 [95%CI 0.70-1.09];NYHA 心功能 II 级:HR 0.78 [0.54-1.12];NYHA 心功能 III/IV 级:HR 0.89 [0.67-1.19];p=0.58),无论 NYHA 心功能分级如何。同样,NYHA 心功能分级也不能改变 ICD 植入对心脏性猝死的有益影响(所有参与者:HR 0.60 [95%CI 0.40-0.92];NYHA 心功能 II 级:HR 0.73 [0.40-1.36];NYHA 心功能 III/IV 级:HR 0.52 [0.29-0.94];p=0.39)。
在非缺血性 HFrEF 患者中,与常规治疗相比,ICD 植入并未降低总体死亡率,但确实降低了心脏性猝死的风险,无论基线 NYHA 心功能分级如何。
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00542945。