Renal function and the long term clinical outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillation

ConclusionIn CRT recipients, moderate CKD is associated with a higher mortality and morbidity compared to normal renal function or mild CKD. Despite less favourable absolute outcomes, patients with moderate CKD had better outcomes after CRT ‐D than after CRT‐P.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

Source: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE - March 14, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Francisco Leyva, Abbasin Zegard, Robin Taylor, Paul W.X. Foley, Fraz Umar, Kiran Patel, Jonathan Panting, Charles J. Ferro, Shajil Chalil, Howard Marshall, Tian Qiu Tags: DEVICES Source Type: research