Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events

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Authors

Arthur J. Moss · University of Rochester Medical Center

William J. Hall · University of Rochester Medical Center

David S. Cannom · Good Samaritan Hospital

Helmut Klein · University of Rochester Medical Center

Mary W. Brown · University of Rochester Medical Center

James P. Daubert · Duke Medical Center

N.A. Mark Estes

Abstract

CRT combined with ICD decreased the risk of heart-failure events in relatively asymptomatic patients with a low ejection fraction and wide QRS complex. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00180271.)

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 14, pp. 1329-1338

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0906431

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