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ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2023

Syncope in ICD recipients: a single centre experience.

Parisha Khan, Karshana Selvarajah, Sheena Gohel, Baldeep S Sidhu, Antonio Cannatà, Daniel I Bromage, Theresa McDonagh, Francis Murgatroyd, Paul A Scott

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Article in 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. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Syncope and All-Cause Mortality in Heart Failure: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Parisha KhanDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8957-7188
Karshana SelvarajahDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Sheena GohelDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3627-7135
Baldeep S SidhuDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1999-7360
Antonio CannatàDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7609-6297
Daniel I BromageDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4243-5964
Theresa McDonaghDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1305-9602
Francis MurgatroydDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5527-7504
Paul A ScottDepartment of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThere is little evidence of the impact of syncope in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients in routine community hospital care. This single-centre retrospective study sought to evaluate the incidence and prognostic significance of syncope in consecutive ICD patients. METHODS AND

resultsData were collected on consecutive patients undergoing first ICD implantation between January 2009 and December 2019. The primary endpoints were the first occurrence of all-cause syncope, all-cause mortality, and all-cause hospitalization. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify risk factors associated with syncope and to analyse the subsequent risk of mortality and hospitalization. 1003 patients (58% primary prevention) were included in the final analysis. During a mean follow-up of 1519 ± 1055 days, 106 (10.6%) experienced syncope, 304 died (30.3%), and 477 (47.5%) were hospitalized for any cause. In an analysis adjusted for baseline variables, the first occurrence of syncope was associated with a significantly increased risk of mortality (HR 2.82, P < 0.001) and the first occurrence of hospitalization (HR 2.46, P = 0.002).

conclusionSyncope in ICD recipients is common and associated with a poor prognosis irrespective of baseline variables and ICD programming. The occurrence of syncope is associated with a significant increase in the risk of mortality and hospitalization.

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Defibrillators, ImplantableHumansPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSyncopeHospital admissionImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorProgrammingShocksSyncope

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PMID36638366
PMCPMC10062314
OpenAlexW4315929274

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