ABSTRACT
En este artículo se muestran las publicaciones que consideramos más relevantes sobre cardiopatías congénitas (CC) en el último año. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha seguido marcando la actividad científica en este periodo, y ya desde el inicio se ha especulado sobre el riesgo de complicaciones por la COVID-19 entre los adultos con CC. Asimismo, se ha estudiado la afectación de los niños con CC. En este año destaca la publicación de la guía europea para el tratamiento de las CC, segunda edición tras 10 años, que será de gran utilidad en la estandarización del tratamiento de estos pacientes complejos. Entre las publicaciones originales destacan las relacionadas con los temas que más preocupan a los cardiólogos de CC: el avance en la prevención primaria de las arritmias ventriculares, la hepatopatía del Fontan, el avance en las técnicas percutáneas de valvulación pulmonar, la aplicación de nuevos fármacos para la insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada en las CC complejas y en ventrículo derecho sistémico y las complicaciones a largo plazo de los adultos jóvenes con transposición de grandes arterias sometidos a cirugía de switch arterial.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation rates as well as the clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes in patients with known active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are unknown. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding CIED procedures during active COVID-19, performed with personal protective equipment, based on an international survey. METHODS: Fifty-three centers from 13 countries across 4 continents provided information on 166 patients with known active COVID-19 who underwent a CIED procedure. RESULTS: The CIED procedure rate in 133,655 hospitalized COVID-19 patients ranged from 0 to 16.2 per 1000 patients (P <.001). Most devices were implanted due to high-degree/complete atrioventricular block (112 [67.5%]) or sick sinus syndrome (31 [18.7%]). Of the 166 patients in the study survey, the 30-day complication rate was 13.9% and the 180-day mortality rate was 9.6%. One patient had a fatal outcome as a direct result of the procedure. Differences in patient and procedural characteristics and outcomes were found between Europe and North America. An older population (76.6 vs 66 years; P <.001) with a nonsignificant higher complication rate (16.5% vs 7.7%; P = .2) was observed in Europe vs North America, whereas higher rates of critically ill patients (33.3% vs 3.3%; P <.001) and mortality (26.9% vs 5%; P = .002) were observed in North America vs Europe. CONCLUSION: CIED procedure rates during known active COVID-19 disease varied greatly, from 0 to 16.2 per 1000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients worldwide. Patients with active COVID-19 infection who underwent CIED implantation had high complication and mortality rates. Operators should take these risks into consideration before proceeding with CIED implantation in active COVID-19 patients.