These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Head-to-head comparison of arrhythmia discrimination performance of subcutaneous and transvenous ICD arrhythmia detection algorithms: the START study.
    Author: Gold MR, Theuns DA, Knight BP, Sturdivant JL, Sanghera R, Ellenbogen KA, Wood MA, Burke MC.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol; 2012 Apr; 23(4):359-66. PubMed ID: 22035049.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The development of a totally subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) system requires a new approach for arrhythmia detection. To evaluate arrhythmia discrimination of one such system, the Subcutaneous versus Transvenous Arrhythmia Recognition Testing (START) study was designed as a prospective, multicenter trial comparing simulated sensing performances of the S-ICD system with single- (SC-TV) and dual-chamber transvenous (DC-TV) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) systems. METHODS: At ICD implantation, induced ventricular and atrial arrhythmias were recorded simultaneously in transvenous (right ventricular [RV] → superior vena cava [SVC]+ Coil) and cutaneous electrode configurations. Recorded signals of ventricular (n = 46) and atrial arrhythmias (n = 50) with ventricular rates >170 bpm from 64 patients were used to compare detection performance of the S-ICD system with TV-ICD systems from 3 manufacturers. Appropriate detection of ventricular tachyarrhythmias was assessed with devices programmed in single-zone (rate ≥ 170 bpm) and dual-zone configurations (ventricular fibrillation ≥ 240 bpm; ventricular tachycardia ≥ 170 bpm). S-ICD specificity performance for supraventricular arrhythmias was compared to single- and dual-chamber devices in a dual-zone configuration. RESULTS: Appropriate detection of ventricular tachyarrhythmias for subcutaneous and TV devices in single- and dual-zone configurations was 100% and >99%, respectively. Specificity for supraventricular arrhythmias was significantly better for the S-ICD system compared to 2 of 3 TV systems, as well as the composite of TV devices (98.0%[S-ICD] vs 76.7%[SC-TV range: 64.0-92.0%] vs 68.0%[DC-TV range: 32.7-89.8%; P < 0.001]). CONCLUSION: Appropriate ventricular arrhythmia detection is excellent for all ICD systems evaluated; however, specificity of supraventricular arrhythmia discrimination by the S-ICD system is better than discrimination by 2 of 3 TV systems.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]