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Developing A Risk Model For In-Hospital Adverse Events Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation.Pdf, Michael Mirro
Developing A Risk Model For In-Hospital Adverse Events Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation.Pdf, Michael Mirro
Michael Mirro, MD
Objectives: To better inform patients and physicians of the expected risk of adverse events, and
to assist hospitals’ efforts to improve the outcomes of patients undergoing implantable
cardioverter defibrillation (ICD) implantation, we developed and validated a risk model using data
from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry’s (NCDR®) ICD Registry™.
Background: ICDs prolong life in selected patients, but ICD implantation carries risk of
periprocedural complications.
Methods: We analyzed data from 240,632 ICD implantation procedures between 4/2010 and
12/2011 in the Registry. The population was divided into a derivation (70%) and a validation
(30%) cohort. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify …