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Atrial High Rate Episodes Detected by Pacemaker Diagnostics Predict Death and Stroke: Report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the MOde Selection Trial (MOST)

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Glotzer, Taya V., Hellkamp, Anne S., Zimmerman, John, Sweeney, Michael O., Yee, Raymond, Marinchak, Roger, Cook, James, Paraschos, Alexander +4 more·2003·Circulation

Abstract

Background— Some current pacing systems can automatically detect and record atrial tachyarrhythmias that may be asymptomatic. We prospectively studied a 312-patient (pt) subgroup of MOST (MOde Selection Trial), a 2010-patient, 6-year randomized trial of DDDR versus VVIR pacing in sinus node dysfunction (SND). The purpose of the study was to correlate atrial high rate events (AHREs) detected by pacemaker diagnostics with clinical outcomes. Methods and Results— Pacemakers were programmed to log an AHRE when the atrial rate was >220 bpm for 10 consecutive beats. Analysis was confined to patients with at least 1 AHRE duration exceeding 5 minutes. The 312 patients were median age 74 years, 55% female, and 60% had a history of SVT. 160 of 312 (51.3%) patients enrolled had at least 1 AHRE >5 minutes duration over median follow-up of 27 months. Cox proportional hazards analysis assessed the relationship of AHREs with clinical events, adjusting for prognostic variables and baseline covariates. The presence of any AHRE was an independent predictor of the following: total mortality (hazard ratio AHRE versus no AHRE and 95% confidence intervals=2.48 [1.25, 4.91], P =0.0092); death or nonfatal stroke (2.79 [1.51, 5.15], P =0.0011); and atrial fibrillation (5.93 [2.88, 12.2], P =0.0001). There was no significant effect of pacing mode on the presence or absence of AHREs. Conclusions— AHRE detected by pacemakers in patients with SND identify patients that are more than twice as likely to die or have a stroke, and 6 times as likely to develop atrial fibrillation as similar patients without AHRE.

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Glotzer, T. V., Hellkamp, A. S., Zimmerman, J., Sweeney, M. O., Yee, R., Marinchak, R., Cook, J., Paraschos, A., Love, J., Radoslovich, G., Lee, K. L., & Lamas, G. A.
Affiliations
Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Venue
Circulation
Published
2003-04
Volume
107
Issue
12
Pages
1614-1619
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2149989524
Cited by
750
References
28
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FWCI
12.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Medtronic
  • National Institutes of Health (5u01hl053973-05, 5u01hl055981-05)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL 53973, U01HL049804, U01 HL 53973, U01-HL-49804, U01-HL-55981)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Keywords
atrial high-rate episodes, atrial tachyarrhythmia, sick sinus syndrome, DDDR pacing, VVIR pacing, mode choice, atrial fibrillation, mortality, stroke, prognostic factors, asymptomatic arrhythmia
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Arrhythmia, Sinus, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Pacing, Artificial, Female, Heart Atria, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, Stroke

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