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Schupp T, Behnes M, Kim SH, Müller J, Weidner K, Reiser L, Huseynov A, Bollow A, Borggrefe M, Taton G, Reichelt T, Ellguth D, Engelke N, Akin M, Große Meininghaus D, Bertsch T, Akin I. Comparable risk of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients treated with single beta-blocker or combined amiodarone. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2020; 128:493-502. [PMID: 33174309 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
This study sought to assess the prognostic impact of treatment with single beta-blocker (BB) compared to combined therapy with BB plus amiodarone (BB-AMIO) on recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) recipients. A large retrospective registry was used including consecutive ICD recipients with index episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmias from 2002 to 2016. Patients treated with BB were compared to patients treated with BB-AMIO. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were applied for the evaluation of the primary end-point defined as first recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias at five years. Secondary end-points comprised first appropriate ICD therapies, first cardiac rehospitalization and all-cause mortality at five years. Among 512 ICD recipients, 81% were treated with BB and 19% with BB-AMIO. BB and BB-AMIO were associated with comparable risk of first recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (46% vs. 43%; log rank P = .941; HR = 1.013; 95% CI 0.725-1.415; P = .941) and appropriate ICD therapies (35% vs. 37%; log rank P = .389; HR = 0.852; 95% CI 0.591-1.228; P = .390). BB was associated with decreased long-term all-cause mortality within an univariable analysis only (20% vs. 28%; log rank p = 0.023). In conclusion, BB and BB-AMIO were associated with comparable risks regarding recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias at five years.
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- Tobias Schupp
- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine, General Hospital Nuremberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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Watanabe T, Inoue K, Kashiwase K, Mine T, Hirooka K, Shutta R, Mizuno H, Okuyama Y, Sakata Y, Nanto S. Differences in amiodarone efficacy in relation to ejection fraction and basal rhythm in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. J Electrocardiol 2018; 51:1111-1115. [PMID: 30497740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2018.10.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, data are lacking concerning the association of AF and VAs. This study aimed to clarify the association between AF and VAs and to investigate the effect of amiodarone on the incidence of VAs in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 612 patients who had ICDs or who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) and classified them into two groups (sinus rhythm [SR] group, n = 427; AF group, n = 185) according to their basal rhythm at enrollment. Patients with paroxysmal AF were grouped into the AF group. The incidence of VAs, i.e., ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF), was significantly lower in the AF group than in the SR group (0.54 vs 0.95 episodes/person/year, P = 0.032). Furthermore, amiodarone use was significantly higher in the AF group than in the SR group (P = 0.003). Non-use of amiodarone was associated with a significant increase in the occurrence of VT/VF in the two groups. This beneficial suppressive effect of amiodarone on the incidence of VT/VF was present in the AF group regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). However, this effect of amiodarone was present only in patients with LVEF ≥ 40% in the SR group. CONCLUSIONS Amiodarone was negatively associated with VT/VF occurrence and was frequently used in ICD/CRT-D patients with AF. VT/VF was controlled by amiodarone in all cases in the AF group but only in patients with an LVEF ≥ 40% in the SR group.
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- Tetsuya Watanabe
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan.
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- Cardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Division, National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Bitter T, Gutleben KJ, Nölker G, Dimitriadis Z, Prinz C, Vogt J, Horstkotte D, Oldenburg O. Sleep-disordered breathing and inappropriate defibrillator shocks in chronic heart failure. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 2014; 25:198-205. [PMID: 25070930 DOI: 10.1007/s00399-014-0324-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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PURPOSE Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias are a major cause of inappropriate defibrillator shocks. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a known risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesized that Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have an impact on inappropriate defibrillator discharges in patients witch chronic heart failure (CHF) and cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D). METHODS In this study, 172 patients with CHF (LVEF ≤ 45 %, NYHA-class ≥ 2) and CRT-D underwent overnight polygraphy; 54 had no SDB (apnea-hypopnea index < 5/h), 59 had OSA, and 59 had CSA. During follow-up (36 months), inappropriate defibrillator shocks were documented. RESULTS In all, 17 patients had inappropriate defibrillator shocks (9.9 %; eight oversensing due to lead fractures, five caused by atrial fibrillation, four because of sinus tachycardia). Mean event-free survival time was 33.5 ± 1.2 months in the CSA group, 35.2 ± 0.7 months in the OSA group, and 32.1 ± 1.5 months in the no SDB group, respectively (CSA vs. no SDB p = 0.63; OSA vs. no SDB p = 0.31; CSA vs. OSA p = 0.45). Stepwise Cox proportional hazard regression analysis revealed an independent association for age (per year: hazard ratio 0.90, 95 % confidence interval 0.85-0.96, p < 0.001), but not for any kind of SDB. CONCLUSIONS SDB was not associated with inappropriate defibrillator shocks. We assume this is due to the low incidenceand low proportion of inappropriate therapies in response to AF.
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- Thomas Bitter
- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany,
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Kurita T, Motoki K, Yasuoka R, Hirota T, Akaiwa Y, Kotake Y, Miyazaki S. Rhythm control should be better for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure--rhythm control vs. rate control: which is better in the management of atrial fibrillation? (Rhythm-side). Circ J 2011; 75:979-85. [PMID: 21415549 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-11-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with advancing NHYA cardiac functional class, and it significantly affects the cardiac function of a failing heart. In such situations, clinicians should aim to maintain sinus rhythm in these patients with heart failure (HF) in order to improve their prognosis. However, according to various randomized clinical studies demonstrating the non-superiority of rhythm control over rate control, many clinicians seem to prefer to take the line of least resistance (ie, rate control). Curative catheter ablation mainly based on isolation procedure of the pulmonary veins in patients with AF and HF has demonstrated a significant improvement in left ventricular function, even in the presence of adequate ventricular rate control before the ablation. On the other hand, ablation and biventricular pacing therapy, which is an extreme rate control strategy, has not shown any beneficial effects for these patients. Therefore, a regular RR interval with an appropriate cycle length only is not sufficient to improve cardiac performance, and maintenance of sinus rhythm, which restores atrial contraction and the atrioventricular synchrony, is thought to be essential for an improvement in HF. Thoughtful clinicians should do their best to find a way to keep HF patients in sinus rhythm.
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- Takashi Kurita
- Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, 377-2 Ohono-Higashi, saka-Sayama 589-8511, Japan.
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Komatsu T, Tachibana H, Sato Y, Ozawa M, Kunugita F, Nakamura M. Long-Term Efficacy of Amiodarone Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrence of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Analysis Based on Patient Characteristics. Int Heart J 2011; 52:212-7. [DOI: 10.1536/ihj.52.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Takashi Komatsu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
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