Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: US Trends and Disparities in Utilization and Outcomes

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sridhar, Arun Raghav Mahankali ^a   Yarlagadda, Vivek ^b   Parasa, Sravanthi ^d   Reddy, Yeruva Madhu ^c   Patel, Dhavalkumar ^c   Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^c   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a   Dawn, Buddhadeb ^e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AtlantiCare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; disparities; outcome; trends; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962486021     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003108     Document Type: Article

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