Safety of Omitting Defibrillation Efficacy Testing With Subcutaneous Defibrillators: A Propensity-Matched Case-Control Study

Valter Bianchi¹, Giovanni Bisignani², Federico Migliore³, Mauro Biffi⁴, Gerardo Nigro⁵, Stefano Viani⁶, Fabrizio Caravati⁷, Luca Checchi⁸, Pietro Francia⁹, Paolo De Filippo¹⁰, Domenico Pecora¹¹, Carlo Lavalle¹², Antonio Scalone¹³, Pietro Rossi¹⁴, Pietro Palmisano¹⁵, Giovanni Licciardello¹⁶, Roberto Ospizio¹⁷, Mariolina Lovecchio¹⁷, Sergio Valsecchi¹⁷, Antonio D'Onofrio¹; “S-ICD Rhythm Detect” Investigators

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

“S-ICD Rhythm Detect” Investigators:
A D'Onofrio, V Tavoletta, S De Vivo, P Pieragnoli, G Ricciardi, L Perrotta, L Ottaviano, I Diemberger, M Ziacchi, C Martignani, V Russo, A Rago, E Ammendola, M G Bongiorni, R De Lucia, A Di Cori, L Paperini, L Segreti, E Soldati, G Zucchelli, F Palano, C Adduci, P Ferrari, C Leidi, A Dello Russo, M Casella, F Guerra, L Cipolletta, S Molini, S Pedretti, M Giammaria, M T Lucciola, C Amellone, M Accogli, B Schintu, G Tola, A Setzu, E Pisanò, G Milanese, S De Bonis, C La Greca, B Sarubbi, D Colonna, E Romeo, S Sala, P Mazzone, P Della Bella, M Viscusi, D Di Maggio, M Brignoli, F Drago, M S Silvetti, R Brambilla, A Pani, A Lupi, G Carreras, S Donzelli, C Marini, A Tordini, E Racca, A Gonella, G Musumeci, G Rossetti, E Menardi, G P Ballari, F Ammirati, L Santini, K Mahfouz, C Colaiaco, G B Perego, V Rella, G Bertero, P Sartori, A Rapacciuolo, V Liguori, A Viggiano, G Busacca, G Savarese, C Andreoli, L Pimpinicchio, D Pellegrini, G Stifano, F Romeo, D Sergi, S Badolati, P Pepi, D Nicolis, R Rordorf, A Vicentini, S Savastano, B Petracci, A Sanzo, E Baldi, M Casula, F Solimene, G Shopova, V Schillaci, A Arestia, A Agresta, A Piro, G B Forleo, A Pangallo, M Manzo, C Esposito, F Esposito, A Curcio, D Ricciardi, V Calabrese, D Giorgi, Bovenzi, F Busoni, A Torriglia, M Laffi, G Gaggioli, G Arena, V Molendi, V Borrello, M Ratti, C Bartoli, P Capogrosso, M Volpicelli, G Covino, M Mariani, M Pagani, P Notarstefano, M Nesti, E Dovellini, L Giurlani, M Landolina, E Tavarelli, S Bianchi, C Uran, Massimo Vincenzo Bonfantino, E Daleffe, D Facchin, L Rebellato, V Caccavo, M Grimaldi, G Katsouras, A Coppolino, F Lamberti, G Lumia, C Bellini, C Bianchi, A Santoro, C Baiocchi, R Gentilini, S Lunghetti, V Zacà

Affiliations

¹ "Unità Operativa di Elettrofisiologia, Studio e Terapia delle Aritmie", Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy (V.B., A.D.).
² Division of Cardiology, Castrovillari Hospital, Cosenza, Italy (G.B.).
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy (F.M.).
⁴ Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Italy (M.B.).
⁵ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy (G.N.).
⁶ Second Cardiology Division, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy (S.V.).
⁷ Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy (F.C.).
⁸ University of Florence, Italy (L.C.).
⁹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy (P.F.).
¹⁰ Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy (P.D.F.).
¹¹ Unità di Elettrofisiologia, Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy (D.P.).
¹² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy (C.L.).
¹³ Division of Cardiology, A.O. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy (A.S.).
¹⁴ Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy (P.R.).
¹⁵ "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Tricase, Lecce, Italy (P.P.).
¹⁶ Ospedale E. Muscatello, Augusta, Italy (G.L.).
¹⁷ Boston Scientific, Milan, Italy (R.O., M.L., S.V.).

PMID: 34852635
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010381

Observational Study

Safety of Omitting Defibrillation Efficacy Testing With Subcutaneous Defibrillators: A Propensity-Matched Case-Control Study

Valter Bianchi et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;14(12):e010381.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010381. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

Authors

Collaborators

“S-ICD Rhythm Detect” Investigators:
A D'Onofrio, V Tavoletta, S De Vivo, P Pieragnoli, G Ricciardi, L Perrotta, L Ottaviano, I Diemberger, M Ziacchi, C Martignani, V Russo, A Rago, E Ammendola, M G Bongiorni, R De Lucia, A Di Cori, L Paperini, L Segreti, E Soldati, G Zucchelli, F Palano, C Adduci, P Ferrari, C Leidi, A Dello Russo, M Casella, F Guerra, L Cipolletta, S Molini, S Pedretti, M Giammaria, M T Lucciola, C Amellone, M Accogli, B Schintu, G Tola, A Setzu, E Pisanò, G Milanese, S De Bonis, C La Greca, B Sarubbi, D Colonna, E Romeo, S Sala, P Mazzone, P Della Bella, M Viscusi, D Di Maggio, M Brignoli, F Drago, M S Silvetti, R Brambilla, A Pani, A Lupi, G Carreras, S Donzelli, C Marini, A Tordini, E Racca, A Gonella, G Musumeci, G Rossetti, E Menardi, G P Ballari, F Ammirati, L Santini, K Mahfouz, C Colaiaco, G B Perego, V Rella, G Bertero, P Sartori, A Rapacciuolo, V Liguori, A Viggiano, G Busacca, G Savarese, C Andreoli, L Pimpinicchio, D Pellegrini, G Stifano, F Romeo, D Sergi, S Badolati, P Pepi, D Nicolis, R Rordorf, A Vicentini, S Savastano, B Petracci, A Sanzo, E Baldi, M Casula, F Solimene, G Shopova, V Schillaci, A Arestia, A Agresta, A Piro, G B Forleo, A Pangallo, M Manzo, C Esposito, F Esposito, A Curcio, D Ricciardi, V Calabrese, D Giorgi, Bovenzi, F Busoni, A Torriglia, M Laffi, G Gaggioli, G Arena, V Molendi, V Borrello, M Ratti, C Bartoli, P Capogrosso, M Volpicelli, G Covino, M Mariani, M Pagani, P Notarstefano, M Nesti, E Dovellini, L Giurlani, M Landolina, E Tavarelli, S Bianchi, C Uran, Massimo Vincenzo Bonfantino, E Daleffe, D Facchin, L Rebellato, V Caccavo, M Grimaldi, G Katsouras, A Coppolino, F Lamberti, G Lumia, C Bellini, C Bianchi, A Santoro, C Baiocchi, R Gentilini, S Lunghetti, V Zacà

Affiliations

¹ "Unità Operativa di Elettrofisiologia, Studio e Terapia delle Aritmie", Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy (V.B., A.D.).
² Division of Cardiology, Castrovillari Hospital, Cosenza, Italy (G.B.).
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy (F.M.).
⁴ Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Italy (M.B.).
⁵ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy (G.N.).
⁶ Second Cardiology Division, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy (S.V.).
⁷ Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy (F.C.).
⁸ University of Florence, Italy (L.C.).
⁹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy (P.F.).
¹⁰ Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy (P.D.F.).
¹¹ Unità di Elettrofisiologia, Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy (D.P.).
¹² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy (C.L.).
¹³ Division of Cardiology, A.O. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy (A.S.).
¹⁴ Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy (P.R.).
¹⁵ "Card. G. Panico" Hospital, Tricase, Lecce, Italy (P.P.).
¹⁶ Ospedale E. Muscatello, Augusta, Italy (G.L.).
¹⁷ Boston Scientific, Milan, Italy (R.O., M.L., S.V.).

PMID: 34852635
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010381

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Keywords: arrhythmias, cardiac; cause of death; defibrillator, implantable; propensity score; ventricular fibrillation.

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