Biventricular pacemaker and defibrillator implantation in patients with chronic heart failure in China

ConclusionsIn China, among CHF patients with indications for primary prevention of SCD who received device implantation, non ‐ischaemic CHF was the main aetiology, and the most important cause of death was heart failure. No differences in all‐cause death were observed between the CRT‐D and CRT‐P groups, but the CRT‐D group had a lower SCD rate than the CRT‐P group.

Source: ESC Heart Failure - November 9, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dejia Huang, Wei Hua, Quan Fang, Ji Yan, Yangang Su, Bing Liu, Yuanning Xu, Yong Peng, POSCD ‐China Investigators Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research