دورية أكاديمية

Wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator: friend or foe in suspected myocarditis?

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العنوان: Wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator: friend or foe in suspected myocarditis?
المؤلفون: Blaschke, Florian, Lacour, Philipp, Dang, Phi Long, Parwani, Abdul Shokor, Hohendanner, Felix, Walter, Thula, Klingel, Karin, Kühl, Uwe, Heinzel, Frank R., Sherif, Mohammad, Boldt, Leif‐Hendrik, Pieske, Burkert, Tschöpe, Carsten
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: FU Berlin: Refubium
مصطلحات موضوعية: Myocarditis, Arrhythmias, Wearable cardioverter defibrillator, Endomyocardial biopsy, ddc:610
الوصف: Aim: Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD, LifeVest, and Zoll) therapy has become a useful tool to bridge a temporarily increased risk for sudden cardiac death. However, despite extensive use, there is a lack of evidence whether patients with myocarditis and impaired LVEF may benefit from treatment with a WCD. Methods and results: We conducted a single-centre retrospective observational study analysing patients with a WCD prescribed between September 2015 and April 2020 at our institution. In total, 135 patients were provided with a WCD, amongst these 76 patients (mean age 48.9 +/- 13.7 years; 84.2% male) for clinically suspected myocarditis. Based on the results of the endomyocardial biopsy and, where available cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, 39 patients (51.3%) were diagnosed with myocarditis and impaired LVEF and 37 patients (48.7%) with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without evidence of cardiac inflammation. The main immunohistopathological myocarditis subtype was lymphocytic myocarditis in 36 (92.3%) patients, and four patients (10.3%) of this group had an acute myocarditis. Three patients had cardiac sarcoidosis (7.7%). Ventricular tachycardia occurred in seven myocarditis (in total 41 VTs; 85.4% non-sustained) and one DCM patients (in total one non-sustained ventricular tachycardia). Calculated necessary WCD wearing time until ventricular tachycardia occurrence is 86.41 days in myocarditis compared with 6.46 years in DCM patients. Conclusions: Our data suggest that myocarditis patients may benefit from WCD therapy. However, as our study is not powered for outcome, further randomized studies powered for the outcome morbidity and mortality are necessary.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/36696Test; http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-36409Test
DOI: 10.17169/refubium-36409
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13340
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-36409Test
https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13340Test
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/36696Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.27C6EE26
قاعدة البيانات: BASE