Clinical outcomes and mortality in old and very old patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Luiz Eduardo Montenegro CamanhoEduardo Benchimol SaadCharles SlaterLuiz Antonio Oliveira Inacio JuniorGustavo VignoliLucas Carvalho DiasPedro Pimenta de Mello SpinetiRicardo Mourilhe-RochaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The response to CRT and cardiovascular mortality were not affected by the advanced age and should not be an exclusion factor of this therapy. The procedure has been shown to be safe in elderly patients due to low rate of acute complications.
Keyphrases
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left ventricular
- patients undergoing
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- liver failure
- respiratory failure
- cardiovascular disease
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- hepatitis b virus
- mesenchymal stem cells
- atrial fibrillation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation