Heart failure hospitalizations and costs in ICD/CRT-D recipients following replacement or upgrade: the DECODE registry.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this study is to report heart failure hospitalization (HFH) rates and associated costs within 12 months following implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) device replacement or upgrade from ICD to CRT-D.

Methods and results

The DEtect long-term COmplications after icD rEplacement (DECODE) was a prospective, single-arm, multicentre cohort study that explored complications in ICD/CRT-D recipients. All clinical and survival data at 12 months were prospectively analysed. For each adjudicated HFH, admission and discharge dates and ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes were recorded. The reimbursement for each HFH was calculated for each diagnosis-related group code. Between 2013 and 2015, 983 patients (m

SUBMITTER: Zaca V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755025 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature