TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased long-term mortality in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections
AU - Rizwan Sohail, Muhammad
AU - Henrikson, Charles A.
AU - Jo Braid-Forbes, Mary
AU - Forbes, Kevin F.
AU - Lerner, Daniel J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Background Device infection is associated with increased mortality in patients receiving cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) therapy. However, long-term mortality associated with CIED infections has not been systematically analyzed in larger studies. This study sought to determine the long-term mortality associated with CIED infection in a large cohort of Medicare beneficiaries. Methods We used a retrospective study design to analyze 3-year mortality in 200,219 Medicare fee-for-service patients admitted for CIED generator implantation, replacement, or revision between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Multivariate analysis adjusting for age, sex, race, and 28 comorbidities was performed to determine the relative risk (RR) of death in the 12 quarters following CIED infection. Results Patients with CIED infection, compared to device recipients without infection, had increased mortality that persisted for at least 3 years after the admission quarter for all device types: pacemakers (PMs: 53.8% vs 33%; P < 0.001), implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD: 47.7% vs 31.6%; P < 0.001), and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D: 50.8% vs 36.5%; P < 0.001). After adjusting for patient demographics and comorbidities, significantly increased RR of death following CIED infection persisted for at least 3 years following PM infection, and for at least 2 years with single- and dual-chamber ICD infection. Conclusions CIED recipients who develop device infection have increased, device-dependent, long-term mortality even after successful treatment of infection. The etiology of this persistent increased risk of death associated with CIED infection is unknown and merits further investigation.
AB - Background Device infection is associated with increased mortality in patients receiving cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) therapy. However, long-term mortality associated with CIED infections has not been systematically analyzed in larger studies. This study sought to determine the long-term mortality associated with CIED infection in a large cohort of Medicare beneficiaries. Methods We used a retrospective study design to analyze 3-year mortality in 200,219 Medicare fee-for-service patients admitted for CIED generator implantation, replacement, or revision between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Multivariate analysis adjusting for age, sex, race, and 28 comorbidities was performed to determine the relative risk (RR) of death in the 12 quarters following CIED infection. Results Patients with CIED infection, compared to device recipients without infection, had increased mortality that persisted for at least 3 years after the admission quarter for all device types: pacemakers (PMs: 53.8% vs 33%; P < 0.001), implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD: 47.7% vs 31.6%; P < 0.001), and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D: 50.8% vs 36.5%; P < 0.001). After adjusting for patient demographics and comorbidities, significantly increased RR of death following CIED infection persisted for at least 3 years following PM infection, and for at least 2 years with single- and dual-chamber ICD infection. Conclusions CIED recipients who develop device infection have increased, device-dependent, long-term mortality even after successful treatment of infection. The etiology of this persistent increased risk of death associated with CIED infection is unknown and merits further investigation.
KW - cardiac resynchronization therapy
KW - cardiovascular implantable electronic device
KW - implantable cardioverter defibrillator
KW - infection
KW - mortality
KW - pacemaker
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U2 - 10.1111/pace.12518
DO - 10.1111/pace.12518
M3 - Article
C2 - 25243484
AN - SCOPUS:84922672842
SN - 0147-8389
VL - 38
SP - 231
EP - 239
JO - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
JF - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
IS - 2
ER -