Efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in very old patients: The insync/insync ICD Italian registry

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 732-738

  Achilli, Augusto ^a   Turreni, Federico ^a   Gasparini, Maurizio ^b   Lunati, Maurizio ^c   Sassara, Massimo ^a   Santini, Massimo ^d   Landolina, Maurizio ^e   Padeletti, Luigi ^f   Puglisi, Andrea ^g   Bocchiardo, Mario ^h   Orazi, Serafino ⁱ   Perego, Giovanni Battista ^j   Valsecchi, Sergio ^k   Denaro, Alessandra ^k  

^a BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Civil Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN CAMILLO DE LELLIS HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^k Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Elderly; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548481094     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum143     Document Type: Article

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