Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Personalized screening before subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: Usefulness and outcomes in clinical practice—the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) screening SIS prospective study
Authors' conclusion
Traditional S-ICD screening was successful in our study in a high proportion of patients.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients eligible for S-ICD implantation, 20 French centres, December 2019–January 2022
- Participants
- 474 patients
- Exposure
- Personalized vs traditional ECG screening before S-ICD implantation
- Outcome
- Eligibility for S-ICD implantation (screening success)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 20 French centres
- Multicentre
- 20 French centres
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Screening success
P = 0.002
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Signal detection on initial device interrogation after personalized screening
- All patients implanted after successful personalized screening had correct signal detection
Safety
Inappropriate shock · 1 year
P = 0.003
- Inappropriate shock: of 7 implanted with personalized screening vs 427 with traditional screening
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Personalized screening before subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: Usefulness and outcomes in clinical practice—the S-ICD screening SIS prospective study. Heart Rhythm. Published 27 May 2024. doi:10.
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