Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator in US Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) provides significant reduction in morbidity and mortality in select patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and specific parameters of electrocardiographic evidence of dyssynchrony. Relative to the 2012 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society guideline update for patient selection, little is known about the contemporary use of CRT in the United States.

Objective

To describe the use of CRT defibrillator (CRT-D) in the period around guideline revision.

Design, setting, and participants

All patients undergoing new CRT-D implantations in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2015, at 171

SUBMITTER: Sandhu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature