Response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in elderly patients (≥70 years) and octogenarians

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-210

  Verbrugge, Frederik H ^a,b   Dupont, Matthias ^a,c   De Vusser, Philippe ^a   Rivero Ayerza, Maximo ^a   Van Herendael, Hugo ^a   Vercammen, Jan ^a   Jacobs, Linda ^a   Verhaert, David ^a,b   Vandervoort, Pieter ^a,b   Tang, W H Wilson ^c   Mullens, Wilfried ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Mode of death; Reverse remodelling; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE;

AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; COMORBIDITY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PERFORATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84867897532     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs151     Document Type: Article

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