Impact of Remote Monitoring on Long-Term Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients in a Real-World Cohort: Results From All-Comers COMMIT-HF Trial

Autor: Anna, Kurek, Mateusz, Tajstra, Elzbieta, Gadula-Gacek, Piotr, Buchta, Michal, Skrzypek, Lukasz, Pyka, Michal, Wasiak, Malgorzata, Swietlinska, Michal, Hawranek, Lech, Polonski, Mariusz, Gasior, Jedrzej, Kosiuk
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. 28(4)
ISSN: 1540-8167
Popis: Randomized controlled trials demonstrate that remote monitoring (RM) of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices (CRT-Ds) may improve quality of care and prognosis in heart failure (HF) patients. However, the impact of RM on long-term mortality in a real-world cohort is still not well examined.This study was designed as a matched cohort study based on the COMMIT-HF trial--a single-center, ongoing prospective observational registry (NCT02536443). Complete patient demographics, medical history, in-hospital results, hospitalizations, and mortality data were collected based on institutional registries and healthcare providers' records. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on RM presence and matched by means of propensity scores according to clinical characteristics. The primary endpoint of this study was the long-term all-cause mortality. Out of 1,429 consecutive patients, 822 patients with a first implantation of an ICD/CRT-D were included in the analysis. The final matched study population contained 574 patients in RM and in a control group. Although demographic and echocardiographic parameters as well as pharmacological treatments were similar in both groups, a significantly lower 1-year mortality was detected in the RM group (2.1% vs. 11.5%, P0.0001). This was also maintained during a 3-year follow-up (4.9% vs. 22.3%, P0.0001). Multivariate analysis showed that RM was associated with an improved prognosis (hazard ratio 0.187, 95% confidence interval 0.075-0.467, P = 0.0003).RM of HF patients with ICDs/CRT-Ds significantly reduced long-term mortality in a real-world clinical condition.
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