Introduction: The prognostic impact of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) morphology has never been explored in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In a single-center cohort of consecutive HCM patients implanted with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), we assessed NSVT morphology patterns and their prognostic implications. Methods: A cohort of consecutive HCM patients implanted with an ICD was followed from ICD implantation to last follow-up visit. Patients were assessed for NSVT as stored events in ICD memory. Ventricular tachycardias (VTs) were classified as monomorphic (MM) or polymorphic according to intracardiac electrogram morphology. Results: One hundred nine consecutive HCM patients (68 males; mean age: 45 ± 17 years) composed the study population. During follow-up (71 ± 48 months), 7 polymorphic NSVT in 4 patients and 370 MM NSVT in 42 patients were retrieved from ICD memory. Among patients with only MM NSVT, 19 (45%) had one morphology, 17 (41%) had two morphologies, 3 (7%) had three morphologies, and 3 (7%) had four morphologies. Patients with polymorphic NSVT had the highest risk of ICD interventions (HR, 5.04; 95% CI, 1.26-20.19; P =.02). A stepwise increase of the risk of ICD interventions in patients with two, three, and four NSVT morphologies was observed. Out of 16 patients with both NSVT and ICD-treated VTs, 13 (81%) had at least one ICD-treated VT with the same morphology of a previous long-lasting NSVT. Conclusions: In high-risk HCM patients, the occurrence of polymorphic NSVT and of NSVT with multiple morphologies carries a high risk for ICD interventions. Sustained VTs tend to recur with the same morphology of previous long-lasting NSVTs.

Prognostic implications of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia morphology in high-risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Adduci, C.; Boldini, F.; Palano, F.; Musumeci, B.; De Lucia, C.; Russo, D.; Volpe, M.; Autore, C.; Francia, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 1045-3873. - 31:8(2020), pp. 2093-2098. [10.1111/jce.14571]

Prognostic implications of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia morphology in high-risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Adduci C.;Palano F.;Musumeci B.;Volpe M.;Autore C.;Francia P.
2020

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Introduction: The prognostic impact of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) morphology has never been explored in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In a single-center cohort of consecutive HCM patients implanted with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), we assessed NSVT morphology patterns and their prognostic implications. Methods: A cohort of consecutive HCM patients implanted with an ICD was followed from ICD implantation to last follow-up visit. Patients were assessed for NSVT as stored events in ICD memory. Ventricular tachycardias (VTs) were classified as monomorphic (MM) or polymorphic according to intracardiac electrogram morphology. Results: One hundred nine consecutive HCM patients (68 males; mean age: 45 ± 17 years) composed the study population. During follow-up (71 ± 48 months), 7 polymorphic NSVT in 4 patients and 370 MM NSVT in 42 patients were retrieved from ICD memory. Among patients with only MM NSVT, 19 (45%) had one morphology, 17 (41%) had two morphologies, 3 (7%) had three morphologies, and 3 (7%) had four morphologies. Patients with polymorphic NSVT had the highest risk of ICD interventions (HR, 5.04; 95% CI, 1.26-20.19; P =.02). A stepwise increase of the risk of ICD interventions in patients with two, three, and four NSVT morphologies was observed. Out of 16 patients with both NSVT and ICD-treated VTs, 13 (81%) had at least one ICD-treated VT with the same morphology of a previous long-lasting NSVT. Conclusions: In high-risk HCM patients, the occurrence of polymorphic NSVT and of NSVT with multiple morphologies carries a high risk for ICD interventions. Sustained VTs tend to recur with the same morphology of previous long-lasting NSVTs.
2020
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; nonsustained ventricular tachycardia
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Prognostic implications of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia morphology in high-risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Adduci, C.; Boldini, F.; Palano, F.; Musumeci, B.; De Lucia, C.; Russo, D.; Volpe, M.; Autore, C.; Francia, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 1045-3873. - 31:8(2020), pp. 2093-2098. [10.1111/jce.14571]
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