Implantable cardiac devices in adult patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal : SCJ
Anette SandströmBengt Johansson

Abstract

Implantable cardiac devices are common in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) (18.3-21.3%) according to previous reports from large centres. We conducted this study to investigate the prevalence and incidence of cardiac devices in a less selected population of patients with ToF and assess factors other than arrhythmia associated with having a device. Design: 530 adult (≥18 years) patients with repaired ToF were identified in the national registry of congenital heart disease (SWEDCON) and matched with data from the Swedish pacemaker registry. Patients with implantable cardiac devices were compared with patients without devices. Results: Seventy-five patients (14.2%) had a device; 51 (9.6%) had a pacemaker and 24 (4.5%) had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The incidence in adult age (≥18 years) was 5.9/1000 patient years. Estimated device free survival was 97.5% at twenty, 87.2% at forty and 63.5% at sixty years of age. Compared with previous studies, the prevalence of devices was lower, especially for ICD. In multivariate logistic regression, cardiovascular medication (odds ratio [OR] 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-6.8), impaired left ventricular function, (OR 2.6, 95%CI 1.3-5.0) and age (OR 1.02, 95%CI 1.00...Continue Reading

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