| Literature DB >> 26835058 |
Matthew J Dewhurst1, Nicholas J Linker2.
Abstract
The number of people in Europe living with symptomatic heart failure is increasing. Since its advent in the 1990s, cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) has proven beneficial in terms of morbidity and mortality in selected heart failure (HF) patient populations, when combined with optimal pharmacological therapy. We review the evidence for CRT and the populations of HF patients it is currently shown to benefit, and those in which more research needs to be performed.Entities:
Keywords: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; complex devices; guidelines; heart failure; recommendations
Year: 2014 PMID: 26835058 PMCID: PMC4711566 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2011.3.1.9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev ISSN: 2050-3369