Utilization and in-hospital complications of cardiac resynchronization therapy: trends in the United States from 2003 to 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in selected patients with heart failure. We sought to investigate the utilization and in-hospital complications of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and pacemaker (CRT-P) implantations in the United States from 2003 to 2013.

Methods and results

Patients receiving CRT-D or CRT-P were identified in the National Inpatient Sample database (NIS), using the International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision-Clinical Modification procedure codes. Annual implantation rates, patient demographics, co-morbidities, in-hospital complications, and length of stay were analysed. From 2003 to 2013, an estimated total of 439 010 (95% CI: 406 723-471 296)

SUBMITTER: Hosseini SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837705 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature