TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Older Adults with Heart Failure
AU - Lam, Phillip H.
AU - Taffet, George
AU - Ahmed, Ali
AU - Singh, Steve
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Heart failure is a disease of poor prognosis marked by frequent hospitalizations, premature death, and impaired quality of life. Despite advances in medical therapy for patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, mortality and hospitalizations with advanced disease are still increased and the quality of life continues to be poor in this population. The advent of cardiac resynchronization therapy has led to a significant improvement in both survival and symptom management in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Its beneficial effects in the elderly population, however, are not well-defined.
AB - Heart failure is a disease of poor prognosis marked by frequent hospitalizations, premature death, and impaired quality of life. Despite advances in medical therapy for patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, mortality and hospitalizations with advanced disease are still increased and the quality of life continues to be poor in this population. The advent of cardiac resynchronization therapy has led to a significant improvement in both survival and symptom management in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Its beneficial effects in the elderly population, however, are not well-defined.
KW - Cardiac resynchronization therapy
KW - Heart failure
KW - Mortality
KW - Older adults
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.02.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28602373
AN - SCOPUS:85020915289
VL - 13
SP - 581
EP - 587
JO - Heart Failure Clinics
JF - Heart Failure Clinics
SN - 1551-7136
IS - 3
ER -