Gender- and age-related outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy: a pilot observational study.
Autor: | Kelarijani RB; Clinical Research Unit, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. parsi.bakhshian@gmail.com, Saleh DK, Chalian M, Kabir A, Ahmadzad Asl M, Dadjoo Y |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Gender medicine [Gend Med] 2008 Dec; Vol. 5 (4), pp. 415-22. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.genm.2008.10.005 |
Abstrakt: | Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been reported to improve clinical status and survival, and shorten hospitalization rates, in patients with heart failure (HF). However, questions remain regarding the success of CRT in different subgroups of patients with HE. Objective: We assessed whether CRT response was related to gender or age in patients with HE. Methods: In a longitudinal observational study, patients with severe HF (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III or IV, left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] Results: A total of 65 Iranian patients (50 men, 15 women; mean [SD] age, 60.3 [10.3] years; baseline NYHA class, 3.1 [0.36]; QRS duration, 144 [14] ms; LVEF, 21% [7.3%]; left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), 6.8 [0.56] mm) were evaluated. NYHA class, QRS duration, LVEF, and LVEDD were significantly improved at 3- and 6-month follow-ups both in patients aged |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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