Journal Articles Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Year : 2023

Insertable cardiac monitor with a long sensing vector: Impact of obesity on sensing quality and safety

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Background: Fat layers in obese patients can impair R-wave detection and diagnostic performance of a subcutaneous insertable cardiac monitor (ICM). We compared safety and ICM sensing quality between obese patients [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2] and normal-weight controls (BMI <30 kg/m2) in terms of R-wave amplitude and time in noise mode (noise burden) detected by a long-sensing-vector ICM. Materials and methods: Patients from two multicentre, non-randomized clinical registries are included in the present analysis on January 31, 2022 (data freeze), if the follow-up period was at least 90 days after ICM insertion, including daily remote monitoring. The R-wave amplitudes and daily noise burden averaged intraindividually for days 61–90 and days 1–90, respectively, were compared between obese patients (n = 104) and unmatched (n = 268) and a nearest-neighbour propensity score (PS) matched (n = 69) normal-weight controls. Results: The average R-wave amplitude was significantly lower in obese (median 0.46 mV) than in normal-weight unmatched (0.70 mV, P < 0.0001) or PS-matched (0.60 mV, P = 0.003) patients. The median noise burden was 1.0% in obese patients, which was not significantly higher than in unmatched (0.7%; P = 0.056) or PS-matched (0.8%; P = 0.133) controls. The rate of adverse device effects during the first 90 days did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusion: Although increased BMI was associated with reduced signal amplitude, also in obese patients the median R-wave amplitude was >0.3 mV, a value which is generally accepted as the minimum level for adequate R-wave detection. The noise burden and adverse event rates did not differ significantly between obese and normal-weight patients.
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hal-04905228 , version 1 (22-01-2025)

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Giovanni Bisignani, Silvana de Bonis, Bertrand Pierre, Dennis H Lau, Daniel Hofer, et al.. Insertable cardiac monitor with a long sensing vector: Impact of obesity on sensing quality and safety. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023, 10, pp.1148052. ⟨10.3389/fcvm.2023.1148052⟩. ⟨hal-04905228⟩
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