A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks and Long-term Mortality (original) (raw)

The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2015

Abstract

It is unknown whether implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) discharges actively contribute to a worse prognosis independent of the underlying arrhythmia. There is considerable variability in the reported risk of mortality after appropriate and inappropriate ICD shocks. The aim of our systematic review was to provide a reliable effect size of the association between ICD shock and mortality for both types of therapies. On the basis of a systematic literature search, 10 studies were considered eligible for inclusion in the analysis, and data on the hazard ratio (HR) of mortality after ICD shock were extracted from each study. On pooled analysis, a substantial difference was detected in the risk for subsequent mortality between appropriate and inappropriate shocks. Among patients receiving an appropriate ICD shock, the HR for cardiac death was 2.95 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.12-4.11; P < 0.001) compared with an HR of 1.71 (95% CI, 1.45-2.02) for those receiving an inappr...

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