Obese Patients Have Improved Ten-Year Survival After CRT-D Implantation

Previous studies have demonstrated that obesity confers a paradoxical survival benefit among patients with heart failure (HF). This obesity paradox has been described in HF patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D), but these studies have been restricted to short-term follow-up.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - July 31, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alison L. Wand, E. Wilson Grandin, Payman Zamani, J. Eduardo Rame, Ralph J. Verdino Tags: Rapid-Fire Abstracts I Source Type: research