2015-04-17
A systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes after septal reduction therapy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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JACC: Heart Failure , Volume 3 - Issue 11 p. 896- 905
OBJECTIVES The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare long-term outcomes after myectomy and alcohol septal ablation (ASA) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). BACKGROUND Surgical myectomy and ASA are both accepted treatment options for medical therapy-resistant obstructive HCM. Previous meta-analyses only evaluated short-term outcomes. METHODS A systematic review was conducted for eligible studies with a follow-up of at least 3 years. Primary outcomes were all-cause mortality and (aborted) sudden cardiac death (SCD). Secondary outcomes were periprocedural complications, left ventricular outflow tract gradient, and New York Heart Association functional class after ≥3 months, and reintervention. Pooled estimates were calculated using a random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS Sixteen myectomy cohorts (n = 2,791; mean follow-up, 7.4 years) and 11 ASA cohorts (n = 2,013; mean follow-up, 6.2 years) were included. Long-term mortality was found to be similarly low after ASA (1.5% per year) compared with myectomy (1.4% per year, p = 0.78). The rate of (aborted) SCD, including appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks, was 0.4% per year after ASA and 0.5% per year after myectomy (p = 0.47). Permanent pacemaker implantation was performed after ASA in 10% of the patients compared with 4.4% after myectomy (p < 0.001). Reintervention was performed in 7.7% of the patients who underwent ASA compared with 1.6% after myectomy (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Long-term mortality and (aborted) SCD rates after ASA and myectomy are similarly low. Patients who undergo ASA have more than twice the risk of permanent pacemaker implantation and a 5 times higher risk of the need for additional septal reduction therapy compared with those who undergo myectomy.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2015.06.011, hdl.handle.net/1765/82490 | |
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Liebregts, M., Vriesendorp, P., Mahmoodi, B. K., Schinkel, A., Michels, M., & ten Berg, J. (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes after septal reduction therapy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JACC: Heart Failure (Vol. 3, pp. 896–905). doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2015.06.011 |