Biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillators improve survival compared with biventricular pacing alone in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction

Ermis C., Lurie K., Zhu A., Collins J., Vanheel L., Sakaguchi S., ...More

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, vol.15, no.8, pp.862-866, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04044.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.862-866
  • Keywords: biventricular systems, heart failure, pacemaker, implantable defibrillator, CARDIAC-RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY, CHRONIC HEART-FAILURE, CONDUCTION DELAY, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, DISEASE, RISK, EXPERIENCE, MODE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Biventricular Systems in LV Dysfunction. Introduction: Biventricular cardiac pacemakers provide important hemodynamic benefit in selected patients with heart failure and severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Nevertheless, these patients remain at high mortality risk. To address this issue, we examined mortality outcome in patients with heart failure treated with biventricular pacemakers alone and those treated with biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).