Death without prior appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: a competing risk study.

PubWeight™: 2.57‹?› | Rank: Top 1%

🔗 View Article (PMID 18391108)

Published in Circulation on April 07, 2008

Authors

Michael T Koller1, Beat Schaer, Marcel Wolbers, Christian Sticherling, Heiner C Bucher, Stefan Osswald

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital Basel, Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. kollerm@uhbs.ch

Associated clinical trials:

An Arrhythmia Risk Stratification and Genetic Trial (EUTrigTreat) | NCT01209494

Comparative Effectiveness Research to Assess the Use of Primary ProphylacTic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Europe (EU-CERT-ICD) | NCT02064192

Articles citing this

Clinical Risk Stratification for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. Circ Heart Fail (2015) 1.53

Competing risks analyses: objectives and approaches. Eur Heart J (2014) 1.35

Development and validation of a coronary risk prediction model for older U.S. and European persons in the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Rotterdam Study. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.10

VV' Alternans Triplets on Near-Field ICD Intracardiac Electrogram is Associated with Mortality. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2015) 0.86

The prognosis of implantable defibrillator patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy: comorbidity burden as predictor of mortality. Europace (2010) 0.83

Developing points-based risk-scoring systems in the presence of competing risks. Stat Med (2016) 0.82

National Trends in the Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With or Without Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator. Circulation (2015) 0.82

Dutch outcome in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy (DO-IT): registry design and baseline characteristics of a prospective observational cohort study to predict appropriate indication for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Neth Heart J (2017) 0.80

Rationale, objectives, and design of the EUTrigTreat clinical study: a prospective observational study for arrhythmia risk stratification and assessment of interrelationships among repolarization markers and genotype. Europace (2011) 0.78

Denervated Myocardium Is Preferentially Associated With Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Pilot Competing Risks Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2017) 0.77

CORR Insights(®): Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis Overestimates the Risk of Revision Arthroplasty: A Meta-analysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2015) 0.77

Sex difference in appropriate shocks but not mortality during long-term follow-up in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Europace (2015) 0.77

[ICD therapy in the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death: Risk stratification and patient selection]. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol (2015) 0.76

Practice viewpoints: AICD, who and when? Heart Asia (2009) 0.75

Influence of time between last myocardial infarction and prophylactic implantable defibrillator implant on device detections and therapies. "Routine Practice" data from the SEARCH MI registry. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2012) 0.75

Choosing pacemakers appropriately. Heart Asia (2009) 0.75

Life versus death. Circulation (2008) 0.75

Relevance of guideline-based ICD indications to clinical practice. Indian Heart J (2013) 0.75

Letter by Boriani et al regarding article, "Death without prior appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: a competing risk study". Circulation (2008) 0.75

Gender Differences in Appropriate Shocks and Mortality among Patients with Primary Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Articles by these authors

Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA (2005) 8.43

Late clinical events after clopidogrel discontinuation may limit the benefit of drug-eluting stents: an observational study of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 6.07

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med (2015) 6.00

Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90

The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals. AIDS (2010) 5.85

Meta-analysis: effect of monotherapy and combination therapy with inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system on proteinuria in renal disease. Ann Intern Med (2007) 5.82

When to initiate combined antiretroviral therapy to reduce mortality and AIDS-defining illness in HIV-infected persons in developed countries: an observational study. Ann Intern Med (2011) 5.35

Effect of procalcitonin-based guidelines vs standard guidelines on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: the ProHOSP randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2009) 5.34

Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2013) 5.08

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use vs a standard approach for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 4.66

Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet (2008) 4.33

One-hour rule-out and rule-in of acute myocardial infarction using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T. Arch Intern Med (2012) 4.24

Effects of low-carbohydrate vs low-fat diets on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.19

Intensified Antituberculosis Therapy in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis. N Engl J Med (2016) 4.11

Utility of absolute and relative changes in cardiac troponin concentrations in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2011) 3.72

Adjunctive Dexamethasone in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis. N Engl J Med (2016) 3.59

Outcome of elderly patients with chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease with an invasive vs optimized medical treatment strategy: one-year results of the randomized TIME trial. JAMA (2003) 3.40

Association between change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. BMJ (2009) 3.39

In vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam. Malar J (2012) 3.13

Meta-analysis: accuracy of rapid tests for malaria in travelers returning from endemic areas. Ann Intern Med (2005) 3.08

Effects of short-course oral corticosteroid therapy in early dengue infection in Vietnamese patients: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 3.06

Association of alcohol consumption and HIV surrogate markers in participants of the swiss HIV cohort study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 3.02

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the distinction of acute myocardial infarction from acute cardiac noncoronary artery disease. Circulation (2012) 2.94

Necessity for surgical revision of defibrillator leads implanted long-term: causes and management. Circulation (2008) 2.82

Early and late increased bleeding rates after angioplasty and stenting due to combined antiplatelet and anticoagulanttherapy. EuroIntervention (2009) 2.74

Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--associated tuberculous meningitis. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 2.70

Role of defibrillation threshold testing in the contemporary defibrillator patient population. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2012) 2.67

Effect of different antilipidemic agents and diets on mortality: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.55

Gatifloxacin versus chloramphenicol for uncomplicated enteric fever: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.54

Non-AIDS-defining deaths and immunodeficiency in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy. AIDS (2009) 2.50

Effects of early treatment with statins on short-term clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JAMA (2006) 2.38

Unsafe sex and increased incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.35

Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 2.31

Introduction of high-sensitivity troponin assays: impact on myocardial infarction incidence and prognosis. Am J Med (2012) 2.14

Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections. Evid Based Child Health (2013) 2.12

Long-term antibiotic cost savings from a comprehensive intervention program in a medical department of a university-affiliated teaching hospital. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 2.08

Clinical characteristics of Dengue shock syndrome in Vietnamese children: a 10-year prospective study in a single hospital. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 2.08

Effects of antithyroid drugs on radioiodine treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2007) 2.07

Definition and Classification of Intraoperative Complications (CLASSIC): Delphi Study and Pilot Evaluation. World J Surg (2015) 1.95

Correlates of self-reported nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2006) 1.95

Meta-analysis comparing Mediterranean to low-fat diets for modification of cardiovascular risk factors. Am J Med (2011) 1.87

Host and viral features of human dengue cases shape the population of infected and infectious Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.84

Prognostic importance of anaemia in HIV type-1-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy: collaborative analysis of prospective cohort studies. Antivir Ther (2008) 1.83

Transient ischemic attack versus transient ischemic attack mimics: frequency, clinical characteristics and outcome. Cerebrovasc Dis (2011) 1.82

Competing risks and the clinical community: irrelevance or ignorance? Stat Med (2011) 1.80

Effects of statins on stroke prevention in patients with and without coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Med (2004) 1.79

Longitudinal analysis of patterns and predictors of changes in self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy: Swiss HIV Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2010) 1.75

Prevalence of unsafe sexual behavior among HIV-infected individuals: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2003) 1.70

Procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment in acute respiratory infections: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.67

The epidemiology of interpandemic and pandemic influenza in Vietnam, 2007-2010: the Ha Nam household cohort study I. Am J Epidemiol (2012) 1.67

Incremental cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents compared with a third-generation bare-metal stent in a real-world setting: randomised Basel Stent Kosten Effektivitäts Trial (BASKET). Lancet (2005) 1.66

Pretreatment CD4 cell slope and progression to AIDS or death in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy--the CASCADE collaboration: a collaboration of 23 cohort studies. PLoS Med (2010) 1.65

The hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: incidence estimates from 1990 to 2007. AIDS (2011) 1.65

An internationally generalizable risk index for mortality after one year of antiretroviral therapy. AIDS (2013) 1.64

Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, influencing factors, and comparison to industry-projected longevity. Heart Rhythm (2009) 1.63

Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.62

End-of-life preferences of elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J (2011) 1.61

Kinetics of plasma viremia and soluble nonstructural protein 1 concentrations in dengue: differential effects according to serotype and immune status. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.60

Cost-effectiveness of invasive versus medical management of elderly patients with chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease. Findings of the randomized trial of invasive versus medical therapy in elderly patients with chronic angina (TIME). Eur Heart J (2004) 1.60

Risk stratification in patients with acute chest pain using three high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays. Eur Heart J (2013) 1.58

Effectiveness of distant healing for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised controlled partially blinded trial (EUHEALS). Psychother Psychosom (2008) 1.58

Dengue virus infections and maternal antibody decay in a prospective birth cohort study of Vietnamese infants. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.57

Fluctuation of left ventricular thresholds and required safety margin for left ventricular pacing with cardiac resynchronization therapy. Europace (2009) 1.56

Tenofovir use is associated with a reduction in calculated glomerular filtration rates in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Antivir Ther (2007) 1.55

Is it safe to discontinue primary Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis in patients with virologically suppressed HIV infection and a CD4 cell count <200 cells/microL? Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.54

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: diagnostic and prognostic value of the cardiac MRI in relation to arrhythmia-free survival. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2003) 1.49

San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict short-term serious outcomes: a systematic review. CMAJ (2011) 1.48

Economic evaluation of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in acute respiratory infections: a US health system perspective. Clin Chem Lab Med (2015) 1.48

Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analysis: a word of caution. ACP J Club (2003) 1.46

Assessing work ability--a cross-sectional study of interrater agreement between disability claimants, treating physicians, and medical experts. Scand J Work Environ Health (2014) 1.45

Pacemaker implantation and need for ventricular pacing during follow-up after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2014) 1.45

Quantifying cardiac hemodynamic stress and cardiomyocyte damage in ischemic and nonischemic acute heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2011) 1.44

Epidemiology, seasonality, and predictors of outcome of AIDS-associated Penicillium marneffei infection in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.43

Effects of physical exercise on cardiac dyssynchrony in patients with impaired left ventricular function. Europace (2010) 1.42

Renal function in patients with HIV starting therapy with tenofovir and either efavirenz, lopinavir or atazanavir. AIDS (2012) 1.42

Switching from protease inhibitors to efavirenz: differences in efficacy and tolerance among risk groups: a case-control study from the Swiss HIV Cohort. AIDS (2002) 1.41

Neighbourhood socio-economic position, late presentation and outcomes in people living with HIV in Switzerland. AIDS (2015) 1.41

Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and pre-bronchodilator airflow limitation among smokers in Switzerland. Prim Care Respir J (2010) 1.39

Effectiveness of protease inhibitor monotherapy versus combination antiretroviral maintenance therapy: a meta-analysis. PLoS One (2011) 1.38

A randomized, double-blind placebo controlled trial of balapiravir, a polymerase inhibitor, in adult dengue patients. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.37

Risk factors of Streptococcus suis infection in Vietnam. A case-control study. PLoS One (2011) 1.36

Lipid profiles for antiretroviral-naive patients starting PI- and NNRTI-based therapy in the Swiss HIV cohort study. Antivir Ther (2005) 1.36

Clinical features of dengue in a large Vietnamese cohort: intrinsically lower platelet counts and greater risk for bleeding in adults than children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.33

Early pandemic influenza (2009 H1N1) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a clinical virological and epidemiological analysis. PLoS Med (2010) 1.33

JC virus-specific immune responses in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Virol (2009) 1.32

Tenofovir use is associated with an increase in serum alkaline phosphatase in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Antivir Ther (2008) 1.29

Immunological and viral determinants of dengue severity in hospitalized adults in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.29

Rapid rule out of acute myocardial infarction using undetectable levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin. Int J Cardiol (2013) 1.29

Intensified treatment with high dose rifampicin and levofloxacin compared to standard treatment for adult patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM-IT): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2011) 1.28

A smoking cessation programme in HIV-infected individuals: a pilot study. Antivir Ther (2006) 1.27

Impact of antiretroviral therapy on tuberculosis incidence among HIV-positive patients in high-income countries. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.25