Renal function and the long-term clinical outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillation.
Francisco LeyvaAbbasin ZegardRobin TaylorPaul W X FoleyFraz UmarKiran PatelJonathan PantingCharles J FerroShajil ChalilHoward MarshallTian QiuPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)
In CRT recipients, moderate CKD is associated with a higher mortality and morbidity compared to normal renal function or mild CKD. Despite less favorable absolute outcomes, patients with moderate CKD had better outcomes after CRT-D than after CRT-P.