Timing of cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation in heart failure patients and its association with outcomes
Goldstein S, Mentz R, Hellkamp A, Randolph T, Fonarow G, Hernandez A, Yancy C, Al‐Khatib S. Timing of cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation in heart failure patients and its association with outcomes. Clinical Cardiology 2018, 42: 256-263. PMID: 30548280, PMCID: PMC6386168, DOI: 10.1002/clc.23135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac Resynchronization TherapyCardiac Resynchronization Therapy DevicesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival RateTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapy implantationCardiac resynchronization therapyHF re-hospitalizationHeart failureRe-hospitalizationHF hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapy device implantationOutcome of all-cause mortalityTime of CRT implantationAssociated with clinical outcomesAssociated with similar benefitsAll-cause mortalityAssociated with lower ratesHeart failure patientsCRT implantationResynchronization therapyClinical outcomesHF patientsDevice implantationFailure patientsCenters for MedicarePatientsDelayed implantationReduce mortalityMedicaid Services data