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Implantation of cardiac electronic devices in active COVID-19 patients: Results from an international survey
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Implantation of cardiac electronic devices in active COVID-19 patients: Results from an international survey

Oholi Tovia-Brodie, Moshe Rav Acha, Bernard Belhassen, Alessio Gasperetti, Marco Schiavone, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Milton E. Guevara-Valdivia, David Valdeolivar Ruiz, Nicolas Lellouche, David Hamon, …
Heart rhythm, Vol.19(2), pp.206-216
02/01/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.10.020
PMCID: PMC8547796
PMID: 34710561
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547796View
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Abstract

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation rates as well as the clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes in patients with known active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are unknown. The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding CIED procedures during active COVID-19, performed with personal protective equipment, based on an international survey. Fifty-three centers from 13 countries across 4 continents provided information on 166 patients with known active COVID-19 who underwent a CIED procedure. The CIED procedure rate in 133,655 hospitalized COVID-19 patients ranged from 0 to 16.2 per 1000 patients (P <.001). Most devices were implanted due to high-degree/complete atrioventricular block (112 [67.5%]) or sick sinus syndrome (31 [18.7%]). Of the 166 patients in the study survey, the 30-day complication rate was 13.9% and the 180-day mortality rate was 9.6%. One patient had a fatal outcome as a direct result of the procedure. Differences in patient and procedural characteristics and outcomes were found between Europe and North America. An older population (76.6 vs 66 years; P <.001) with a nonsignificant higher complication rate (16.5% vs 7.7%; P = .2) was observed in Europe vs North America, whereas higher rates of critically ill patients (33.3% vs 3.3%; P <.001) and mortality (26.9% vs 5%; P = .002) were observed in North America vs Europe. CIED procedure rates during known active COVID-19 disease varied greatly, from 0 to 16.2 per 1000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients worldwide. Patients with active COVID-19 infection who underwent CIED implantation had high complication and mortality rates. Operators should take these risks into consideration before proceeding with CIED implantation in active COVID-19 patients. [Display omitted]
 Active COVID-19 Cardiac implantable electronic device procedure Complications Mortality Personal protective equipment

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