Safety and Efficacy of Prophylactic Amiodarone After Left Ventricular Assist Device.
Sydney D T GraboyesTheresa M KlineTaylor N HarrisPrashanth S IyerIan B HollisPublished in: ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) (2022)
The prophylactic use of amiodarone to reduce the incidence of postoperative arrhythmias is effective for patients undergoing general cardiac surgeries; however, no data exists for the use of prophylactic amiodarone to prevent postoperative arrhythmias after CF-LVAD. This single-center, retrospective analysis compared patients with CF-LVADs placed between April 2014 and June 2020 who received prophylactic postoperative amiodarone to those who did not. Based on institution practice at the respective times, patients with a CF-LVAD placed between April 2014 and June 2018 were included in the group receiving postoperative amiodarone arrhythmia prophylaxis and patients with a CF-LVAD placed July 2018 to June 2020 were included in the group not receiving arrhythmia prophylaxis. The primary outcome was the incidence of first occurring atrial or ventricular arrhythmia from CF-LVAD placement to 21 days or hospital discharge. Sixty patients received amiodarone for arrhythmia prophylaxis and 27 patients did not receive prophylaxis. The primary outcome occurred in 40% of the prophylaxis group and 66.7% in the no prophylaxis group (RR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.40-0.90; p = 0.038). In patients receiving CF-LVADs, the use of prophylactic amiodarone was associated with a reduction in the incidence of postoperative arrhythmias, which was driven primarily by a reduction in postoperative atrial arrhythmias, without significantly increasing the rate of amiodarone-related adverse events.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- cystic fibrosis
- left ventricular assist device
- catheter ablation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- risk factors
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- congenital heart disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- left ventricular
- left atrial
- machine learning
- big data
- artificial intelligence
- electronic health record