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Observational studyJournal of the American Heart Association2021

Long-Term Outcomes Among a Nationwide Cohort of Patients Using an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: UMBRELLA Study Final Results.

Sem Briongos-Figuero, Arcadio García-Alberola, Jerónimo Rubio, José María Segura, Aníbal Rodríguez, Rafael Peinado, Javier Alzueta, José B Martínez-Ferrer, Xavier Viñolas, Joaquín Fernández de la Concha and 5 more

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Observational study in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Incidence and risk factors for first and recurrent ICD shock therapy in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  5. The first remote monitoring experience in South Korea: results of a remote-care study.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 13 institutions in 1 country.

Sem Briongos-FigueroHospital Universitario Infanta Leonor Madrid Spain.
Arcadio García-AlberolaHospital Virgen de la Arrixaca Murcia Spain.
Jerónimo RubioHospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid Valladolid Spain.
José María SeguraHospital Reina Sofía de Córdoba Córdoba Spain.
Aníbal RodríguezHospital Universitario de Canarias Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain.
Rafael PeinadoHospital Universitario La Paz Madrid Spain.
Javier AlzuetaHospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria Málaga Spain.
José B Martínez-FerrerHospital Universitario de Áraba Álava Spain.
Xavier ViñolasHospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau Barcelona Spain.
Joaquín Fernández de la ConchaHospital Infanta Cristina Badajoz Spain.
Ignasi AngueraHospital Universitario de Bellvitge Barcelona Spain.
María MartínMedtronic Ibérica Madrid Spain.
Laia CerdáMedtronic Ibérica Madrid Spain.
Luisa PérezComplexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña A Coruña Spain.
UMBRELLA Investigators *
Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria · ESHospital Universitario Araba · ESComplexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ESHospital Universitario de Canarias · ESHospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca · ESBellvitge University Hospital · ESHospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid · ESHospital de Sant Pau · ESHospital Universitario Infanta Cristina · ESHospital Universitario La Paz · ESMedtronic (Spain) · ESHospital Universitario Reina Sofía · ESUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Defibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockTachycardia, VentricularCohort StudiesEquipment Failure AnalysisFemaleHeart DiseasesHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityNeeds AssessmentPreventive Health ServicesRisk AssessmentSpainall‐cause deathappropriate implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator therapyimplantable cardioverter‐defibrillatorinappropriate shocksustained ventricular arrhythmia

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PMID33356406
PMCPMC7955463
OpenAlexW3113746140

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