Marital Status and Long-Term Outcomes in Mild Heart Failure Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator or Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Defibrillator

Married patients have been shown to have a lower risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, the risk of heart failure (HF) or death in married versus unmarried patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) are unknown. In MADIT-CRT, among patients with LBBB, we evaluated long-term clinical outcomes of all-cause mortality or HF events in married (including common law status) compared to unmarried (single/divorced/widowed) patients with CRT-D vs.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research