Mid-term clinical outcomes and cardiac function in patients receiving cardiac contractility modulation.

CCM Cohort study Devices Heart failure

Journal

Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
ISSN: 1572-8595
Titre abrégé: J Interv Card Electrophysiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9708966

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 06 06 2024
accepted: 06 08 2024
medline: 31 8 2024
pubmed: 31 8 2024
entrez: 29 8 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

To describe the mid-term clinical and functional cardiac contractility modulation therapy (CCM) recipients in an urban population with heart failure. CCM is a non-excitatory electrical therapy for patients with systolic heart failure with NYHA class III symptoms and ejection fraction (EF) 25-45%. How CCM affects a broad range of clinical measures, including diastolic dysfunction (DD) and weight change, is unexplored. We reviewed 31 consecutive patients at our center who underwent CCM implant. NYHA class, hospitalizations, ejection fraction (EF), diastolic function, and weight were compared pre- and post-CCM implant. Mean age and follow-up time was 63 ± 10 years and 1.4 ± 0.8 years, respectively. Mean NYHA class improved by 0.97 functional classes (p < 0.001), and improvement occurred in 68% of patients. Mean annualized hospitalizations improved (0.8 ± 0.8 vs. 0.4 ± 1.0 hospitalizations/year, p = 0.048), and after exclusion of a single outlier, change in annualized days hospitalized also improved (total cohort 3.8 ± 4.7 vs. 3.7 ± 14.8 days/year; p = 0.96; after exclusion, 3.8 ± 4.7 vs. 1.1 ± 1.9 days/year, p < 0.001). Mean EF improved by 8% (p = 0.002), and among those with DD pre-CCM, mean DD improvement was 0.8 "grades" (p < 0.001). Mean weight change was 8.5 pounds lost, amounting to 4% of body weight (p = 0.002, p = 0.002, respectively), with 77% of patients having lost weight after CCM. Five patients (16%) experienced procedural complications; incidence skewed toward early implants. In an observational cohort, CCM therapy resulted in improvement in NYHA class, hospitalizations, systolic and diastolic function, and weight.

Sections du résumé

OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
To describe the mid-term clinical and functional cardiac contractility modulation therapy (CCM) recipients in an urban population with heart failure.
BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
CCM is a non-excitatory electrical therapy for patients with systolic heart failure with NYHA class III symptoms and ejection fraction (EF) 25-45%. How CCM affects a broad range of clinical measures, including diastolic dysfunction (DD) and weight change, is unexplored.
METHODS METHODS
We reviewed 31 consecutive patients at our center who underwent CCM implant. NYHA class, hospitalizations, ejection fraction (EF), diastolic function, and weight were compared pre- and post-CCM implant.
RESULTS RESULTS
Mean age and follow-up time was 63 ± 10 years and 1.4 ± 0.8 years, respectively. Mean NYHA class improved by 0.97 functional classes (p < 0.001), and improvement occurred in 68% of patients. Mean annualized hospitalizations improved (0.8 ± 0.8 vs. 0.4 ± 1.0 hospitalizations/year, p = 0.048), and after exclusion of a single outlier, change in annualized days hospitalized also improved (total cohort 3.8 ± 4.7 vs. 3.7 ± 14.8 days/year; p = 0.96; after exclusion, 3.8 ± 4.7 vs. 1.1 ± 1.9 days/year, p < 0.001). Mean EF improved by 8% (p = 0.002), and among those with DD pre-CCM, mean DD improvement was 0.8 "grades" (p < 0.001). Mean weight change was 8.5 pounds lost, amounting to 4% of body weight (p = 0.002, p = 0.002, respectively), with 77% of patients having lost weight after CCM. Five patients (16%) experienced procedural complications; incidence skewed toward early implants.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
In an observational cohort, CCM therapy resulted in improvement in NYHA class, hospitalizations, systolic and diastolic function, and weight.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39210240
doi: 10.1007/s10840-024-01900-0
pii: 10.1007/s10840-024-01900-0
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Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Andrew Deak (A)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Syed M Zaidi (SM)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Chethan Gangireddy (C)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Edmond Cronin (E)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Eman Hamad (E)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Carly Fabrizio (C)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Sanjana Bhatia-Patel (S)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Val Rakita (V)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

Isaac R Whitman (IR)

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Parkinson Pavilion, 9th Floor, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA. Isaac.Whitman@tuhs.temple.edu.

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