TY - JOUR
T1 - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention in patients with ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy
T2 - A systematic review and meta-analysis
AU - Kołodziejczak, Michalina
AU - Andreotti, Felicita
AU - Kowalewski, Mariusz
AU - Buffon, Antonino
AU - Ciccone, Marco Matteo
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
AU - Scicchitano, Pietro
AU - Umińska, Julia M.
AU - De Servi, Stefano
AU - Bliden, Kevin P.
AU - Kubica, Jacek
AU - Bortone, Alessandro
AU - Crea, Filippo
AU - Gurbel, Paul
AU - Navarese, Eliano P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/7/18
Y1 - 2017/7/18
N2 - Background: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a role in preventing cardiac arrest in patients at risk for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Purpose: To compare ICD therapy with conventional care for the primary prevention of death of various causes in adults with ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Data Sources: MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google Scholar, and EMBASE databases, as well as several Web sites, from 1 April 1976 through 31 March 2017. Study Selection: Randomized controlled trials, published in any language, comparing ICD therapy with conventional care and reporting mortality outcomes (all-cause, sudden, any cardiac, or noncardiac) in the primary prevention setting. Data Extraction: 2 independent investigators extracted study data and assessed risk of bias. Data Synthesis: Included were 11 trials involving 8716 patients: 4 (1781 patients) addressed nonischemic cardiomyopathy, 6 (4414 patients) ischemic cardiomyopathy, and 1 (2521 patients) both types of cardiomyopathy. Mean follow-up was 3.2 years. An overall reduction in all-cause mortality, from 28.26% with conventional care to 21.37% with ICD therapy (hazard ratio [HR], 0.81 [95% CI, 0.70 to 0.94]; P = 0.043), was found. The magnitude of reduction was similar in the cohorts with nonischemic (HR, 0.81 [CI, 0.72 to 0.91]) and ischemic (HR, 0.82 [CI, 0.63 to 1.06]) disease, although the latter estimate did not reach statistical significance. The rate of sudden death fell from 12.15% with conventional care to 4.39% with ICD therapy (HR, 0.41 [CI, 0.30 to 0.56]), with a similar magnitude of reduction in patients with ischemic (HR, 0.39 [CI, 0.23 to 0.68]) and those with nonischemic disease (HR, 0.44 [CI, 0.17 to 1.12]). Noncardiac and any cardiac deaths did not differ significantly by treatment. Limitation: Heterogeneous timing of ICD placement; heterogeneous pharmacologic and resynchronization co-interventions; trials conducted in different eras; adverse events and complications not reviewed. Conclusion: Overall, primary prevention with ICD therapy versus conventional care reduced the incidence of sudden and allcause death.
AB - Background: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a role in preventing cardiac arrest in patients at risk for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Purpose: To compare ICD therapy with conventional care for the primary prevention of death of various causes in adults with ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Data Sources: MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google Scholar, and EMBASE databases, as well as several Web sites, from 1 April 1976 through 31 March 2017. Study Selection: Randomized controlled trials, published in any language, comparing ICD therapy with conventional care and reporting mortality outcomes (all-cause, sudden, any cardiac, or noncardiac) in the primary prevention setting. Data Extraction: 2 independent investigators extracted study data and assessed risk of bias. Data Synthesis: Included were 11 trials involving 8716 patients: 4 (1781 patients) addressed nonischemic cardiomyopathy, 6 (4414 patients) ischemic cardiomyopathy, and 1 (2521 patients) both types of cardiomyopathy. Mean follow-up was 3.2 years. An overall reduction in all-cause mortality, from 28.26% with conventional care to 21.37% with ICD therapy (hazard ratio [HR], 0.81 [95% CI, 0.70 to 0.94]; P = 0.043), was found. The magnitude of reduction was similar in the cohorts with nonischemic (HR, 0.81 [CI, 0.72 to 0.91]) and ischemic (HR, 0.82 [CI, 0.63 to 1.06]) disease, although the latter estimate did not reach statistical significance. The rate of sudden death fell from 12.15% with conventional care to 4.39% with ICD therapy (HR, 0.41 [CI, 0.30 to 0.56]), with a similar magnitude of reduction in patients with ischemic (HR, 0.39 [CI, 0.23 to 0.68]) and those with nonischemic disease (HR, 0.44 [CI, 0.17 to 1.12]). Noncardiac and any cardiac deaths did not differ significantly by treatment. Limitation: Heterogeneous timing of ICD placement; heterogeneous pharmacologic and resynchronization co-interventions; trials conducted in different eras; adverse events and complications not reviewed. Conclusion: Overall, primary prevention with ICD therapy versus conventional care reduced the incidence of sudden and allcause death.
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U2 - 10.7326/M17-0120
DO - 10.7326/M17-0120
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28632280
AN - SCOPUS:85025084223
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 167
SP - 103
EP - 111
JO - Annals of internal medicine
JF - Annals of internal medicine
IS - 2
ER -