Long‐Term Outcomes Among a Nationwide Cohort of Patients Using an Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator: UMBRELLA Study Final Results
Authors: Briongos‐Figuero Sem , García‐Alberola Arcadio , Rubio Jerónimo , Segura José María , Rodríguez Aníbal , Peinado Rafael , Alzueta Javier , Martínez‐Ferrer José B. , Viñolas Xavier , Fernández de la Concha Joaquín , Anguera Ignasi , Martín María , Cerdá Laia , Pérez Luisa , Pavón Ricardo , Arizón José María , Álvarez López Miguel , Alzueta Javier , Díaz Infante Ernesto , Calvo David , Rodríguez Juan Carlos , Rodríguez Aníbal , Álvarez Luis , Olalla Juanjo , Jiménez Díaz Javier , Balaguer Javier , Arias Miguel Ángel , Rubio Jerónimo , Fidalgo Marisa , García Francisco‐Javier , Viñolas Xavier , Brugada Josep , Anguera Ignasi , Villuendas Roger , Porro Rosa , Fernández de la Concha Joaquín , Pérez Luisa , García Campo Enrique , Fernández Lozano Ignacio , Villacastín Julián , Arenal Ángel , Muñoz Aguilera Roberto , Hernández Antonio , Peinado Rafael , García Alberola Arcadio , Pérez Lorente Fernando , Basterra Nuria , Arcocha María Fe , Bodegas Andrés , Zumalde Francisco , Martínez Ferrer José B , Porres José María , Moreno Arribas José , Ruiz Ricardo , Quesada Aurelio , Martínez Juan Gabriel , Sancho‐Tello María José 
Published: December 2020

Background

Large‐scale studies describing modern populations using an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) are lacking. We aimed to analyze the incidence of arrhythmia, device interventions, and mortality in a broad spectrum of real‐world ICD patients with different heart disorders.

Methods and Results

The UMBRELLA study is a prospective, multicenter, nationwide study of contemporary patients using an ICD followed up by remote monitoring, with a blinded review of arrhythmic episodes. From November 2005 to November 2017, 4296 patients were followed up. After 46.6±27.3 months, 16 067 episodes of sustained ventricular arrhythmia occurred in 1344 patients (31.3%). Appropriate ICD therapy occurred in 27.3% of study population. Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (hazard ratio [HR], 1.51; 95% CI, 1.29–1.78), dilated cardiomyopathy (HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.07–1.53), and valvular heart disease (HR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.43–2.62) exhibited a higher risk of appropriate ICD therapies, whereas patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.54–0.96) and Brugada syndrome (HR, 0.25; 95% CI, 0.14–0.45) showed a lower risk. All‐cause death was 13.4% at follow‐up. Ischemic cardiomyopathy (HR, 3.09; 95% CI, 2.58–5.90), dilated cardiomyopathy (HR, 3.33; 95% CI, 2.18–5.10), and valvular heart disease (HR, 3.97; 95% CI, 2.25–6.99) had the worst prognoses. Delayed high‐rate detection was enabled in 39.7% of patients, and single‐zone programming occurred in 52.6% of primary prevention patients. Both parameters correlated with lower risk of first appropriate ICD therapy, with no excess risk of mortality. The rate of inappropriate shocks at follow‐up was low (6%) and did not differ among type of ICD but was lower in SmartShock‐capable devices.

Conclusions

Irrespective of the cause, contemporary ICD patients with heart failure–related disorders had a similar risk of ICD life‐saving interventions and death. Current ICD programming recommendations still need to be implemented.

Registration

URL:
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
; Unique identifier: NTC01561144.