2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61, No. 3, 2013 © 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, Inc., ISSN 0735-1097/$36.00 and the Heart Rhythm Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.007 Published by Elsevier Inc. PRACTICE GUIDELINE 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Andrew E. Epstein, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Chair; John P. DiMarco, MD, PHD, FACC, FHRS; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen. MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; Roger A. Freedman, MD, FACC, FHRS; Leonard S. Gettes, MD, FACC, FAHA; A. Marc Gillinov, MD, FACC, FAHA; Gabriel Gregoratos, MD, FACC, FAHA; Stephen C. Hammill, MD, FACC, FHRS; David L. Hayes, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC, FAHA; L. Kristin Newby, MD, FACC, FAHA; Richard L. Page, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; Michael J. Silka, MD, FACC; Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC#; Michael O. Sweeney, MD, FACC Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2012 WRITING GROUP MEMBERS* Cynthia M. Tracy, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Andrew E. Epstein, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Vice Chair*; Dawood Darbar, MD, FACC, FHRS†; John P. DiMarco, MD, PHD, FACC, FHRS*‡; Sandra B. Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN, FAHA†; N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS*§; T. Bruce Ferguson, JR, MD, FACC, FAHA*I¶; Stephen C. Hammill, MD, FACC, FHRS‡; Pamela E. Karasik, MD, FACC, FHRS†; Mark S. Link, MD, FACC, FHRS*†; Joseph E. Marine, MD, FACC, FHRS†; Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS*†; Amit J. Shanker, MD, FACC, FHRS‡; Michael J. Silka, MD, FACC†; Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC*#; William G. Stevenson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS***; Paul D. Varosy, MD, FACC, FHRS† *The 2012 writing group members were required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 4 for recusal information. †ACCF/AHA Representative. ‡Heart Rhythm Society Representative. §ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison. IAmerican Association for Thoracic Surgery Representative. ¶Society of Thoracic Surgeons Representative. #Heart Failure Society of America Representative. **ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines Liaison. This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee, and the Heart Rhythm Society Board of Trustees in May 2012. The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NAM III, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:e6 –75. This article is copublished in Circulation. Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (http://www.cardiosource.org) and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). For copies of this document, please contact Elsevier Inc. Reprint Department, fax (212) 633-3820, e-mail [email protected]. Permissions: Multiple copies, modification, alteration, enhancement, and/or distribution of this document are not permitted without the express permission of the American Heart College of Cardiology Foundation. Please contact Elsevier’s permission department at [email protected]. Downloaded From: http://content.onlinejacc.org/ by James Vavricek on 06/13/2013 JACC Vol. 61, No. 3, 2013 Epstein et al. e7 January 22, 2013:e6 –75 Device Guideline: 2012 Update Incorporated ACCF/AHA TASK FORCE MEMBERS Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC, FAHA, Immediate Past Chair; Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect; Nancy M. Albert, PHD, CCNS, CCRN; Mark A. Creager, MD, FACC, FAHA; David DeMets, PHD; Steven M. Ettinger, MD, FACC; Robert A. Guyton, MD, FACC; Judith S. Hochman, MD, FACC, FAHA; Frederick G. Kushner, MD, FACC, FAHA; E. Magnus Ohman, MD, FACC; William Stevenson, MD, FACC, FAHA; Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA 2.8.2. Frequency of Transtelephonic Monitoring . .e35 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.8.3. Remote Follow-Up and Monitoring (NEW SECTION).....................e35 Preamble (UPDATED) ..............................e8 3. Indications for Implantable 1. Introduction (UPDATED) ........................e10 Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy ..............e35 1.1. Organization of Committee...................e10 3.1. Secondary Prevention of 1.2. Document Review and Approval ..............e11 Sudden Cardiac Death .......................e36 1.3. Methodology and Evidence ...................e11 3.1.1. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Cardiac Arrest 2. Indications for Pacing .........................e13 and Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia ......e36 3.1.2. Specific Disease States and Secondary 2.1. Pacing for Bradycardia Due to Sinus and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest or Sustained Atrioventricular Node Dysfunction ............e13 Ventricular Tachycardia ..................e37 2.1.1. Sinus Node Dysfunction .................e13 3.1.3. Coronary Artery Disease .................e37 2.1.2. Acquired Atrioventricular Block in Adults. .e14 3.1.4. Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy ..... .e37 2.1.3. Chronic Bifascicular Block ...............e16 3.1.5. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ............e37 2.1.4. Pacing for Atrioventricular Block Associated 3.1.6. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular With Acute Myocardial Infarction .........e17 Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy ...............e37 2.1.5. Hypersensitive Carotid Sinus Syndrome 3.1.7. Genetic Arrhythmia Syndromes ...........e37 and Neurocardiogenic Syncope ............e18 3.1.8. Syncope With Inducible Sustained 2.2. Pacing for Specific Conditions ...............e19 Ventricular Tachycardia ..................e38 2.2.1. Cardiac Transplantation .................e19 3.2. Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death .... .e38 2.2.2. Neuromuscular Diseases .................e20 2.2.3. Sleep Apnea Syndrome ..................e20 3.2.1. Coronary Artery Disease .................e38 2.2.4. Cardiac Sarcoidosis .....................e20 3.2.2. Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy ......e38 3.2.3. Long-QT Syndrome ....................e40 2.3. Prevention and Termination of 3.2.4. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ............e40 Arrhythmias by Pacing .......................e20 3.2.5. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/ 2.3.1. Pacing to Prevent Atrial Arrhythmias ......e21 Cardiomyopathy ........................e40 2.3.2. Long-QT Syndrome ....................e21 3.2.6. Noncompaction of the Left Ventricle .......e41 2.3.3. Atrial Fibrillation (Dual-Site, Dual-Chamber, 3.2.7. Primary Electrical Disease (Idiopathic Alternative Pacing Sites) .................e21 Ventricular Fibrillation, Short-QT Syndrome, 2.4. Pacing for Hemodynamic Indications .........e22 Brugada Syndrome, and Catecholaminergic 2.4.1. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia) ......e41 (UPDATED)..........................e22 3.2.8. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias ........e42 2.4.2. Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy......e25 3.2.9. Advanced Heart Failure and 2.5. Pacing in Children, Adolescents, and Patients Cardiac Transplantation .................e42 With Congenital Heart Disease ...............e26 3.3. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in 2.6. Selection of Pacemaker Device ..............e28 Children, Adolescents, and Patients With 2.6.1. Major Trials Comparing Atrial or Dual- Congenital Heart Disease ................... .e44 Chamber Pacing With Ventricular Pacing . .e29 3.3.1. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ............e45 2.6.2. Quality of Life and Functional Status 3.4. Limitations and Other Considerations.........e45 End Points ............................e30 3.4.1. Impact on Quality of Life 2.6.3. Heart Failure End Points ................e31 (Inappropriate Shocks) ...................e45 2.6.4. Atrial Fibrillation End Points .............e31 3.4.2. Surgical Needs .........................e46 2.6.5. Stroke or Thromboembolism End Points . .e31 3.4.3. Patient Longevity and Comorbidities .......e47 2.6.6. Mortality End Points ....................e31 3.4.4. Terminal Care .........................e48 2.6.7. Importance of Minimizing Unnecessary Ventricular Pacing ......................e31 3.5. Cost-Effectiveness of Implantable 2.6.8. Role of Biventricular Pacemakers ......... .e32 Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy ............e49 2.7. Optimizing Pacemaker Technology and Cost ......e32 3.6. Selection of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generators 2.8. Pacemaker Follow-Up ........................e33 .........e40 2.8.1. Length of Electrocardiographic Samples 3.7. Implantable