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Chronic Renal Insufficiency Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Recipients
Author(s) -
CHENSCARABELLI CAROL,
SCARABELLI TIZIANO M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00677.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , ejection fraction , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , ventricular tachycardia , population , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , cardiomyopathy , ischemic cardiomyopathy , risk factor , heart failure , environmental health , optics , physics
Background: Chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, there is limited knowledge regarding this association and the effect of renal dysfunction on survival benefit in patients with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICDs) .Methods: We investigated whether there was an association between CRI (defined as serum creatinine levels ≥1.5 mg/dL) and increased risk of mortality in ICD recipients. We retrospectively studied all patients (n = 336) followed within our ICD clinic in a 2.5‐year period. CRI, ventricular tachycardia (VT), cardiomyopathy (CM), and mortality were recorded. Ischemic CM was defined as the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 30%.Results: Despite no significant difference in CAD and VT occurrence between CRI and non‐CRI groups in the overall population, there was a significantly higher mortality rate in the CRI group (P < 0.0001).Conclusion: CRI is a significant independent predictor of mortality in ICD recipients. Further investigation is needed to determine whether prevention, early detection, and more aggressive intervention in the treatment of CRI will reduce the incidence of mortality in this population.