2022
Temporal trends and long-term outcomes among recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator in the United States, 2011–2015: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Darden D, Peterson PN, Xin X, Munir MB, Minges KE, Goldenberg I, Poole JE, Feld GK, Birgersdotter-Green U, Curtis JP, Hsu JC. Temporal trends and long-term outcomes among recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator in the United States, 2011–2015: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Heart Rhythm O2 2022, 3: 405-414. PMID: 36097450, PMCID: PMC9463686, DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2022.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term outcomesGuideline-concordant recommendationsHeart failure hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapyFailure hospitalizationCause hospitalizationCardiovascular hospitalizationResynchronization therapyNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryCRT-D implantationYear of implantHospital procedural complicationsHospital complicationsHospital outcomesMultivariable adjustmentPatient characteristicsProcedural complicationsDefibrillator recipientsHospitalizationData registryLower riskMedicare beneficiariesMedicare dataOutcomesRecipients
2019
Modeling defibrillation benefit for survival among cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator recipients
Bilchick KC, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Cheng A, Dharmarajan K, Shadman R, Dardas TF, Anand I, Lund LH, Dahlström U, Sartipy U, Maggioni A, O'Connor C, Levy WC. Modeling defibrillation benefit for survival among cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator recipients. American Heart Journal 2019, 222: 93-104. PMID: 32032927, PMCID: PMC7814502, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2019.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCRT-D patientsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorSurvival benefitCRT-DsCardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator recipientsCardiac resynchronization therapy candidatesSeattle Heart Failure ModelSeattle Proportional Risk ModelCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryHeart Failure TrialHeart failure patientsProportional hazards regressionHeart failure modelProportional risk modelFailure patientsCRT candidatesHeart failureCRT pacemakerFailure TrialArrhythmic deathHazards regressionDefibrillator recipientsCRT deviceCardioverter defibrillator