2016
Diabetes Mellitus and Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Older Patients With Heart Failure
Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Masoudi FA, Bao H, Spatz ES, Fonarow GC. Diabetes Mellitus and Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Older Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2016, 9: e004132. PMID: 27489243, DOI: 10.1161/circep.116.004132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapyDevice-related complicationsDiabetes mellitusResynchronization therapyHeart failureHazard ratioOlder patientsHigh riskHeart failure-related readmissionsImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryDiabetes mellitus statusCardioverter-defibrillator therapyCause readmissionMellitus statusDefibrillator implantationRenal failureProcedural complicationsCardiac resynchronizationDevice implantationQRS durationOdds ratioMellitusSimilar risk
2015
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Women Versus Men
Zusterzeel R, Spatz ES, Curtis JP, Sanders WE, Selzman KA, Piña IL, Bao H, Ponirakis A, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Caños DA, Strauss DG. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Women Versus Men. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2015, 8: s4-s11. PMID: 25714821, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBundle-Branch BlockCardiac Resynchronization TherapyCardiac Resynchronization Therapy DevicesDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHeart Conduction SystemHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMalePropensity ScoreProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesRisk FactorsSex FactorsStroke VolumeTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVentricular Function, LeftConceptsLeft bundle branch blockQRS durationImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorPatient sexDeath riskCardioverter defibrillatorBetter survivalMortality differencesNew York Heart Association class IIILeft ventricular ejection fractionWomen Versus MenCardiac resynchronization therapyVentricular ejection fractionRelative death riskBenefit of CRTLonger QRS durationShorter QRS durationBundle branch blockLower mortality riskEjection fractionHeart failureResynchronization therapyCardiac resynchronizationBranch blockMortality risk