In-hospital Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Patients
with Primary Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Versus Non-Ischemic
Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Systemic Infiltrative Diseases
Abstract
Background: Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies can be primary
(p-NICM) which involves mainly the heart muscle or caused by systemic
disease with heart muscle involvement as it is seen in systemic
infiltrative diseases (i-NICM). There is limited data on the safety and
in-hospital outcomes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation in i-NICM.
Methods: We identified patients who underwent VT ablation
between 2018-2021 using the National Inpatient Sample Database. i-NICM
include amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, or sarcoidosis. In-hospital
complications include mortality, acute kidney injury (AKI), acute heart
failure (AHF), bleeding, vasopressor use, blood transfusion and cardiac
tamponade. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results: There were 7,420 VT ablations, 7,235 had P-NICM and
185 had i-NICM. A multivariable analysis did not reveal any difference
in mortality (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.81; 95% confidence
interval 0.32-1.98; p=0.62), AHF aOR: 0.88 (0.41-1.81; p=0.69, AKI
aOR:1.17 (0.83-1.65); p=0.36, blood transfusion aOR: 0.63 (0.25-1.59);
p=0.33, vasopressor aOR: 0.86( 0.51-1.49); p=0.61 or pericardial
effusion/ tamponade aOR: 1.16 (0.67-2.1); p=0.58 Figure
Conclusion: Patients with i-NICM had similar in-hospital
complications compared to P-NICM further supporting the safety of VT
ablation in managing recurrent VT in patients with i-NICM.