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Long term prognosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to idiopathic ventricular fibrillation –a tertiary center experience
Session:
CO 16 - Morte Súbita
Speaker:
Ricardo Alves Pinto
Congress:
CPC 2021
Topic:
C. Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Theme:
08. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
Subtheme:
08.2 Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
Session Type:
Comunicações Orais
FP Number:
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Authors:
Ricardo Alves Pinto; Tânia Proença; Miguel Martins Carvalho; Pedro Diogo Grilo; Carlos Xavier Resende; Sofia Torres; João Calvão; Ana Filipa Amador; Catarina Costa; Sílvia Oliveira; Gonçalo Pestana; Raquel Mota Garcia; Ana Lebreiro; Luis Adão; Filipe Macedo
Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Background: </span></span></span></strong>Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an uncommon event in the absence of structural heart disease. However, ventricular fibrillation (VF) may occur in patients with unknown cardiac disease and a comprehensive work-up is needed to further improve diagnostic. Still, a significant and heterogenous group of patients remains labelled of Idiopathic VF and limited data is available regarding their natural history. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Purpose:</span></span></span></strong> The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of survivors of an aborted SCD due to idiopathic VF or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT).</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who survived an idiopathic VF or pVT referred to a cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation at a tertiary center between 2005 and 2019 were included. Patients were followed for 1 to 15 years (median follow-up of 7 years). Clinical and device data were collected.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Results:</strong> A population of 29 patients, 59% male, with a median age of 50 years (age ranging from 18 to 76) at the time of the aborted SCD was studied. All patients implanted an ICD (69% single chamber, 24% dual chamber and 3% subcutaneous) at the index hospitalization. The initial rhythm was VF in 76% and pVT in 24%. In relation to the context of the arrhythmic event, 48.3% occurred during daily life activities, 13.8% after an emotional stress, 6.9% during efforts and a similar percentage occurred either in rest or asleep. Of note, 12.5% of patients had previous history of syncope and 12% had family history of SCD. Normal ECG was present in 83% of patients. As for the cardiovascular risk factors, 61.5% had hypertension, 19% dyslipidemia, 17% diabetes, 31% were smokers or previous smokers. Atrial fibrillation was present in 15% of patients. To exclude possible causes of VF, all patients were submitted to coronary angiogram and echocardiogram, 64% to genetic testing, 68% to cardiac magnetic resonance, 20% to electrophysiologic study, 12% to pharmacological provocative test and 4% were submitted to endomyocardial biopsy. At follow-up, an etiological diagnosis was established in 31% of patients: 3 events were attributed to coronary vasospasm, 3 to short coupled polymorphic VT, 1 patient had long QT syndrome, 1 had Brugada syndrome and in 1 patient an ANK2 mutation was identified. As for the clinical outcomes, 8% patients died (from non-arrhythmic causes), 31% patients received appropriate therapies and 19% had unappropriated shocks (of those 60% for sinus tachycardia and 40% for supraventricular tachycardia).</span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conclusion: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Etiologic diagnosis and prediction of recurrence of arrhythmic events in patients with idiopathic VF is challenging, even with a long-term follow-up and more sophisticated diagnostic evaluation. Idiopathic VF is a rare but serious condition with recurrence in about one third of patients. Although not free of complications, ICD remains the gold standard of treatment. </span></span></p>
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