Long-Term Outcomes of Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Heart Failure.
John L SappSoori SivakumaranCalum J RedpathHabib KhanRatika ParkashDerek V ExnerJeffrey S HealeyBernard ThibaultLaurence D SternsNhat Hung N LamJaimie ManlucuAhmed MokhtarGlen SumnerStuart McKinlayShane KimberBlandine MondesertMario TalajicJean RouleauC Elizabeth McCarronGeorge WellsAnthony S L Tangnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2024)
Among patients with a reduced ejection fraction, a widened QRS complex, and NYHA class II or III heart failure, the survival benefit associated with receipt of a CRT-D as compared with ICD appeared to be sustained during a median of nearly 14 years of follow-up. (RAFT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00251251.).