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Efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in very old patients
Europace, 08/30/07

Achilli, A., et al. - To assess the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in 80-year-old patients vs. patients <80 years, in terms of clinical, functional, and echocardiographic parameters after 12 month of CRT, survival, and incidence of arrhythmic events...Conclusion: Cardiac resynchronization therapy demonstrated similar efficacy in patients aged 80 years and in those under 80, in terms of clinical and functional parameters and reverse remodelling. Similarly, CRT resulted in comparable effects on death for heart failure and on SCD

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