Cardiac resynchronization therapy is more effective in women than in men: The MADIT-CRT (multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial with cardiac resynchronization therapy) trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 813-820

  Arshad, Aysha ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^b   Foster, Elyse ^c   Padeletti, Luigi ^d   Barsheshet, Alon ^b   Goldenberg, Ilan ^b   Greenberg, Henry ^a   Hall, W Jackson ^b   McNitt, Scott ^b   Zareba, Wojciech ^b   Solomon, Scott ^e   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; MADIT CRT; women

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79851471102     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.061     Document Type: Article

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