Role Of ICD Post-MI Patients
With Heart Failure
Anil Saxena
Director & Clinical Head
Cardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi INDIA
VT After MI: Anatomy of Scar
Underlying Arrhythmia of Sudden Death
Primary
VF
8%
Torsades
de Pointes
13%
VT
Bradycardia
62%
Adapted from Bayés de Luna A. Am Heart J. 1989;117:151-159.
17%
Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden Cardiac Death
The Chain Of Survival
Time to Defibrillation
• Recognize cardiac arrest
• Activate emergency response
• Call hospital / ambulance
• Medical help arrives on scene
• Locate victim and shock
• Total Elapsed Time
1 min
1 min
1 min
10 min
2 min
15 min
ICD: Placement
Implantable Cardioverter
Defibrillator
MADIT II Trial Design
Documented
Prior MI
Selection
LVEF <30%
Consent &
Randomisation
•
Enrolment
No ICD
ICD
Follow-up
@ 3 months
Monitor Rx
End Points
Follow-up
•
Status: Completed in 2001
First trial to show the life-saving
benefits of ICDs without
requiring patients to have a
documented history of abnormal
heart rhythms
Results
Mortality over an average follow-up of 20 months
31% reduction in the risk of death at
any interval among patients in the
defibrillator group as compared with
patients in the conventional-therapy group
The cumulative survival curves represent
a decrease in death rates in the defibrillator
group (95% confidence limits; P-value) of
12% at 1 year (27 to 40%), 28% at 2 years (4
to 46%), and 29% at 3 years (5 to 46%).
Additional Results – MADIT II 8-Year Data
Mortality over an average of 7.6 years* post-enrollment
Cumulative Probability of Mortality (n=1232)
ICD
No ICD (Conventional Therapy)
49%
62%
• 34% relative reduction in the
risk of death at any interval among
patients with a defibrillator as
compared with patients without an
ICD
• Number needed to treat (NNT)
• 8 at 8 years
• 17 at 2 years
• Analysis showed sustained benefit
with primary ICD therapy in the
MADIT II study population
*median
Circ 2010; 122: 1265-1271
Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
p-value
0.66 (0.56-0.78)
<0.001
Indications for ICD Therapy
Class I (Post MI)
• ICD therapy is indicated in patients with previous
MI and spontaneous sustained VT, whether
hemodynamically stable or unstable
(Level of Evidence: A)
❖
Prior MI
❖
Spontaneous sustained VT
❖
Hemodynamically stable or unstable
Indications for ICD Therapy
Class I (Post MI)
• ICD therapy is recommended for patients with prior
MI who are at least 40 days post-MI, have an LVEF
less than 35%, are NYHA functional class II or III.
(Level of Evidence: A)
❖
Prior MI, at least 40 days post MI
❖
LVEF <35%
❖
NYHA functional class II or III
Indications for ICD Therapy
Class I (Post MI)
• ICD therapy is recommended for patients with
prior MI who are at least 40 days post-MI, have an
LVEF less than 30%, are NYHA functional class I
(Level of Evidence: A)
❖
Prior MI, at least 40 days post MI
❖
LVEF <30%
❖
NYHA functional class I
Indications for ICD Therapy
Class I (Post MI)
• ICD therapy is indicated in patients with
nonsustained VT due to prior MI, LVEF less than or
equal to 40%, and inducible VF or sustained VT at
electrophysiological study
(Level of evidence B)
❖
Prior MI, Non-sustained VT
❖
LVEF <40%
❖
Inducible VF or sustained VT on EP study
Indications for ICD Therapy
Class I (Post MI)
• ICD therapy is indicated in patients with syncope of
undetermined origin with clinically relevant,
hemodynamically significant sustained VT or VF
induced at electrophysiological study
(Level of Evidence: B)
❖
Prior MI, history of syncope
❖
LVEF - Any EF
❖
Hemodynamically unstable VT on EP study
What Changes Could Be Done?
• More inclusions by identifying clinical situations
which cause SCD risk
❖
Less than 40 day Post MI patients with low EF
• Less liberal guidelines by better risk stratification
❖
Primary prevention population (some may not be
benefitting)
Case
• 54 year male presents with acute anterior MI
• Has sustained VT at 36 hours, DC shock given
• Revascularization NOT done/possible/available
• LVEF 25%
Secondary Prevention: CAD—VF or Hemodynamically
Unstable VT Associated With Acute (<48 h) MI
Single or Recurrent VF or
Polymorphic VT With Acute
(<48 Hours) MI
Total
revascularization
completed
No revascularization
indicated
Not amenable to
revascularization