Periprocedural Risk and Survival Associated With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement in Older Patients With Advanced Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the utilization rates and outcomes of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) placement among patients with advanced heart failure (HF).

Objective

To examine utilization rates, patient characteristics, and outcomes of ICD and CRT-D placements among patients with advanced HF.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was a post hoc analysis of 81 492 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries enrolled in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD Registry between January 2010 and December 2014. Inclusion criteria were patients who had received an HF diagnosis, had a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or lower, and showed evidence of advanced HF, which was d

SUBMITTER: Fudim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7097837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature