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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2023

Single- Versus Dual-Chamber Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the United States.

Gilad Margolis, Nashed Hamuda, Ofer Kobo, Gabby Elbaz Greener, Offer Amir, Munther Homoud, Christopher Madias, Edwin Kevin Heist, Jeremy N Ruskin, Mark Kazatsker and 3 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hospitalization profiles and complications across ICD and CRT-D implantations in Germany: data from the VIDEO study.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  4. Implantable Defibrillators: Which Is the Best Device for Each Patient?Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gilad MargolisDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.
Nashed HamudaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.
Ofer KoboDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.
Gabby Elbaz GreenerDepartment of Cardiology, Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Israel.
Offer AmirDepartment of Cardiology, Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Israel.
Munther HomoudCardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA.
Christopher MadiasCardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA.
Edwin Kevin HeistCardiac Arrhythmia Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.
Jeremy N RuskinCardiac Arrhythmia Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7048-4328
Mark KazatskerDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.
Ariel RoguinDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4628-1840
Eran LeshemDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Haifa Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8896-460X
Guy RozenCardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0335-9225
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · ILTufts University · USHarvard University · USHebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Routine addition of an atrial lead during an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, in patients without pacing indications, was not shown beneficial in contemporary studies. We aimed to investigate the use and safety of single- versus dual-chamber ICD implantations in these patients. Methods and Results Using the National Inpatient Sample database, we identified patients with no pacing indications who underwent primary-prevention ICD implantation in the United States between 2015 and 2019. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, as well as in-hospital complications, were analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors of in-hospital complications. An estimated total of 15 940 patients, underwent ICD implantation for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death during the study period, 8860 (55.6%) received a dual-chamber ICD. The mean age was 64 years, and 66% were men. In-hospital complication rates in the dual-chamber ICD and single-chamber ICD group were 12.8% and 10.7%, respectively (

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationDefibrillators, ImplantableDeath, Sudden, CardiacFemaleHemothoraxHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrimary PreventionRegistriesUnited Statescomplicationsimplantable cardioverter‐defibrillatorsingle‐ versus dual‐chamber

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PMID37522389
PMCPMC10492963
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