Steven Swiryn1, Michael V Orlov2, David G Benditt2, John P DiMarco2, Donald M Lloyd-Jones2, Edward Karst2, Fujian Qu2, Mara T Slawsky2, Melanie Turkel2, Albert L Waldo2. 1. From the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (S.S., D.M.L.-J.; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.V.O.); University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (D.G.B.); University of Virginia, Charlottesville (J.P.D.); St. Jude Medical, Sunnyvale, CA (E.K., F.Q., M.T.); Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA (M.T.S.); and Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (A.L.W.). s-swiryn@northwestern.edu. 2. From the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (S.S., D.M.L.-J.; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.V.O.); University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (D.G.B.); University of Virginia, Charlottesville (J.P.D.); St. Jude Medical, Sunnyvale, CA (E.K., F.Q., M.T.); Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA (M.T.S.); and Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (A.L.W.).
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BACKGROUND: The RATE Registry (Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes) is a prospective, outcomes-oriented registry designed to document the prevalence of atrial tachycardia and/or fibrillation (AT/AF) of any duration in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and evaluate associations between rigorously adjudicated AT/AF and predefined clinical events, including stroke. The appropriate clinical response to brief episodes of AT/AF remains unclear. METHODS: Rigorously adjudicated electrogram (EGM) data were correlated with adjudicated clinical events with logistic regression and Cox models. Long episodes of AT/AF were defined as episodes in which the onset and/or offset of AT/AF was not present within a single EGM recording. Short episodes of AT/AF were defined as episodes in which both the onset and offset of AT/AF were present within a single EGM recording. RESULTS: We enrolled 5379 patients with pacemakers (N=3141) or ICDs (N=2238) at 225 US sites (median follow-up 22.9 months). There were 359 deaths. There were 478 hospitalizations among 342 patients for clinical events. We adjudicated 37 531 EGMs; 50% of patients had at least one episode of AT/AF. Patients with clinical events were more likely than those without to have long AT/AF (31.9% vs. 22.1% for pacemaker patients and 28.7% vs. 20.2% for ICD patients; P<0.05 for both groups). Only short episodes of AT/AF were documented in 9% of pacemaker patients and 16% of ICD patients. Patients with clinical events were no more likely than those without to have short AT/AF (5.1% vs. 7.9% for pacemaker patients and 11.5% vs. 10.4% for ICD patients; P=0.21 and 0.66, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: In the RATE Registry, rigorously adjudicated short episodes of AT/AF, as defined, were not associated with increased risk of clinical events compared with patients without documented AT/AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00837798.
BACKGROUND: The RATE Registry (Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes) is a prospective, outcomes-oriented registry designed to document the prevalence of atrial tachycardia and/or fibrillation (AT/AF) of any duration in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and evaluate associations between rigorously adjudicated AT/AF and predefined clinical events, including stroke. The appropriate clinical response to brief episodes of AT/AF remains unclear. METHODS: Rigorously adjudicated electrogram (EGM) data were correlated with adjudicated clinical events with logistic regression and Cox models. Long episodes of AT/AF were defined as episodes in which the onset and/or offset of AT/AF was not present within a single EGM recording. Short episodes of AT/AF were defined as episodes in which both the onset and offset of AT/AF were present within a single EGM recording. RESULTS: We enrolled 5379 patients with pacemakers (N=3141) or ICDs (N=2238) at 225 US sites (median follow-up 22.9 months). There were 359 deaths. There were 478 hospitalizations among 342 patients for clinical events. We adjudicated 37 531 EGMs; 50% of patients had at least one episode of AT/AF. Patients with clinical events were more likely than those without to have long AT/AF (31.9% vs. 22.1% for pacemaker patients and 28.7% vs. 20.2% for ICDpatients; P<0.05 for both groups). Only short episodes of AT/AF were documented in 9% of pacemaker patients and 16% of ICDpatients. Patients with clinical events were no more likely than those without to have short AT/AF (5.1% vs. 7.9% for pacemaker patients and 11.5% vs. 10.4% for ICDpatients; P=0.21 and 0.66, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: In the RATE Registry, rigorously adjudicated short episodes of AT/AF, as defined, were not associated with increased risk of clinical events compared with patients without documented AT/AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00837798.
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