Survival of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillator: the RESET-CRT project

• DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac053
• Publication Date: 2022-01-31T20:13:16Z
• Authors: Moritz Hadwiger; Nikolaos Dagres; Janina Haug; Michael Wolf; Ursula Marschall; Jan Tijssen; Alexander Katalinic; Fabian Simon Frie...; Gerhard Hindricks
• Keywords: Cumulative incidence

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an established treatment for heart failure. There contradictory evidence whether defibrillator capability improves prognosis in patients receiving CRT. We compared the survival of undergoing de novo implantation a CRT with (CRT-D) option and pacemaker (CRT-P) large health claims database.