Prediction of Appropriate Defibrillator Therapy in Heart Failure Patients Treated With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
November 19th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 November 2009
Osama I.I., Soliman , Dominic A.M.J., Theuns , Bas M., van Dalen , Wim B., Vletter , Attila, Nemes , …
The necessity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) who undergo cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) may be questioned. The aim of this study was to identify patients at low risk for sustained ventricular arrhythmia. One hundred sixty-nine consecutive patients with HF (mean age 60 ± 12 years, 125 men, 73% in New York Heart Association class III) referred for CRT and prophylactic, primary prevention ICD implantation underwent baseline clinical and echocardiographic assessment and regular device follow-up. The primary study end point was appropriate ICD therapy. During a mean follow-up period of 654 ± 394 days,…
