Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia mediated by ryanodine receptor 2: a validated risk stratification

Krystien V Lieve, Christian van der Werf*, Dania Kallas, Isabelle Denjoy, J Martijn Bos, Takeshi Aiba, Elijah R Behr, Maarten P van den Berg, Auke T Bergeman, Nico A Blom, Martin Borggrefe, Ramon Brugada, Lidia María Carrillo Mora, Ehud Chorin, Lia Crotti, Andrew Davis, Fabrizio Drago, Veronica Dusi, Fabrice Extramiana, Sonia FranciosiJohn R Giudicessi, Francisco Ángel González Llopis, Kristina H Haugaa, Freek van den Heuvel, Minoru Horie, Jodie Ingles, Janneke Kammeraad, Prince J Kannankeril, Habib R Khan, Andrew D Krahn, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Alice Maltret, Annukka Marjamaa, Seiko Ohno, Puck J Peltenburg, Guillermo J Perez, Vincent Probst, Jason D Roberts, Tomas Robyns, Christine Rootwelt-Norberg, Ferran Roses I Noguer, Thomas M Roston, Annika Rydberg, Frederic Sacher, Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Peter J Schwartz, Christopher Semsarian, Wataru Shimizu, Luke Starling, Naokata Sumitomo, Jonathan R Skinner, Terezia Tavacova, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Janice A Till, Sing-Chien Yap, Yuko Wada, Fernando Wangüemert, Esther Zorio, Michael J Ackerman, Antoine Leenhardt, Shubhayan Sanatani, Michael W Tanck, Arthur A Wilde*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) are at risk for potentially life-threatening arrhythmic events (AEs) even while treated with β-blockers. The aim was to develop a model for individualized prediction of AEs in patients with RYR2-mediated CPVT on β-blocker monotherapy.

METHODS: The derivation and independent validation cohorts included 743 and 129 patients, respectively. AEs were defined as arrhythmic syncope, appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shock, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), and sudden cardiac death. Near-fatal or fatal AEs (nf/fAEs) included all AEs except for arrhythmic syncope. Prediction models using Cox regression were developed and internally and externally validated.

RESULTS: A total of 102 (13.7%) patients in the derivation cohort and 24 (18.6%) patients in the validation cohort experienced ≥1 AE over a median follow-up of 5.1 [interquartile range (IQR), 7.7] and 2.4 (IQR, 4.4) years, respectively. Predictors of AE were arrhythmic syncope or SCA prior to diagnosis and age at β-blocker initiation. In the derivation and validation cohorts, the optimism-corrected C-indices of the models for AE were 0.67 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.62-0.72] and 0.59 (95% CI 0.48-0.71), respectively. For nf/fAEs, ventricular arrhythmia severity before β-blocker initiation was a fourth independent predictor, and C-indices of the models in the derivation and validation cohorts were 0.74 (95% CI 0.68-0.80) and 0.60 (95% CI 0.47-0.72), respectively. In the derivation cohort, calibration slopes were 1.00 (95% CI 0.59-1.41) for AE and 1.00 (95% CI 0.69-1.32) for nf/fAE.

CONCLUSIONS: These externally validated risk prediction models using clinical parameters accurately distinguished CPVT patients on β-blocker monotherapy at low and high risk for future AEs while treated with β-blockers. These models provide guidance for implementation of clinical management therapies to prevent AEs in patients with CPVT.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Heart Journal
ISSN1522-9645
DOI
StatusE-pub ahead of print - 19 dec. 2025

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