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Table 1 Characteristics of people with immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis with associated complete heart block

From: Complete heart block is a significant predictor of mortality in immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis

Age

Immune checkpoint inhibitor

Admission labs

Admission ECG

Treatment

Timeline

Time (days) from first ICI to

TnT

WBC

QRS (msec)

PR (msec)

SLI (mV)

IVIG

PLEX

TVP

Permanent device

Device lead complication*

Myocarditis

CHB

Death

83

Pembrolizumab

3409

19.2

136

**

12

-

-

-

-

-

24

24

26

79

Ipilimumab and Nivolumab

277

9.6

138

220

12

-

-

 + 

Leadless PPM

-

27

27

 > 180

80

Nivolumab

620

6.7

134

182

11

-

-

 + 

Dual chamber PPM

-

28

28

121

79

Ipilimumab and Nivolumab

1162

13.9

124

166

5

 + 

-

 + 

-

-

25

26

33

58

Nivolumab

1169

10.3

130

204

3

 + 

-

 + 

Dual chamber PPM

A – lead dislodgement

22

22

44

70

Pembrolizumab

***

8.6

156

188

-

 + 

 + 

 + 

Dual chamber PPM

V—Failure to capture

19

21

 > 180

81

Pembrolizumab

846

18

142

266

2

 + 

-

 + 

Dual chamber PPM

A – under-sensing

33

33

91

  1. ICI immune checkpoint inhibitor, IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin, PLEX plasmapheresis, TVP transvenous pacemaker, PPM permanent pacemaker, WBC count white blood cell count. Time periods relate to days since first dose of ICI
  2. *A – atrial lead complication, V – ventricular lead complication
  3. **CHB present on admission
  4. ***Troponin I was raised, TnT not performed