Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation.
Antonio RapacciuoloSaverio IacopinoAntonio D'OnofrioAntonio CurnisEnnio C PisanòMauro BiffiPaolo Della BellaAntonio Dello RussoFabrizio CaravatiGabriele ZanottoValeria CalviGiovanni RovarisGaetano SenatoreDaniele NicolisMatteo SantamariaMassimo GiammariaGiampiero MagliaAntonio DucaGiuseppe AmmiratiSalvo Andrea RomanoMarcello PiacentiEduardo CelentanoGiovanni BisignaniPaola VaccaroGennaro MiracapilloMatteo BertiniGerardo NigroDaniele GiacopelliAlessio GargaroCaterina BiscegliaPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
Although mortality was similar across patient groups, patients with permanent AF and suboptimal CRT had twofold higher risk of appropriate shocks than SR patients or AF patients with CRT ≥ 98%.