ArticleClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2026
The role of comorbidities on periprocedural complications and outcomes in patients with defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy: insights from the German device registry.
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backgroundCardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are increasingly implanted in older patients with multiple comorbidities. The impact of comorbidities on procedural complications and clinical outcomes during and after defibrillator implantation remains a subject of ongoing debate.
aimTo investigate the associations of the comorbidity burden on baseline characteristics, periprocedural complications, and on outcomes in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) implantations or revisions.
methodsPatients who underwent ICD or CRT-D implantations or revisions at 50 centers were prospectively enrolled in the German Device Registry. Data on patient characteristics, periprocedural complications, and outcomes were collected. Patients were categorized into four groups based on cardiometabolic comorbidities (stroke, chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, hypertension): group I (no comorbidities), group II (one), group III (two), and group IV (three or four). Primary outcomes included 1-year all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), and arrhythmic/non-arrhythmic events. The Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to determine 1-year mortality.
resultsOverall, 5329 patients (mean age 65.2 years) underwent 3794 ICD and 1535 CRT-D implantations. Median follow-up was 17 months. Periprocedural complications (group I: 2.1%, group II: 1.5%, group III: 2.1%, group IV: 2.4%; p = 0.91) and in-hospital MACCE (group I: 0.2%, group II: 0.4%, group III: 0.6%, group IV: 0.4%; p = 0.25) were not related to comorbidity burden. Higher comorbidity burden was associated with a higher 1-year all-cause mortality (p < 0.001), but ICD shocks did not differ between groups (p = 0.97). The MADIT-ICD non-arrhythmic mortality score increased with comorbidities (p < 0.001), while the VT/VF score remained unchanged.
conclusionsPeriprocedural complications do not appear to be affected by cardiometabolic comorbidities in patients undergoing ICD or CRT-D implantation in Germany. As expected, multimorbidity was associated with a higher risk of mortality and MACCE without detectable effects on ventricular arrhythmias.
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