Impact of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on burden of hospitalisations and survival: a retrospective observational study in the Northern Region of New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) devices have been shown to improve heart failure (HF) symptoms, survival and improve quality of life (QoL). We evaluated the overall impact of CRT on recurrent hospitalisations and survival in real-world patients with HF.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Northern region of New Zealand.

Participants

Patients with HF who underwent CRT device implantation in between 2008 and 2014 were followed up for 1 year.

Interventions

CRT.

Primary and secondary outcomes measured

Survival, all-cause hospitalisations, length of stay, from which days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) were calculated.

Results

177patients were included, of whom eight died (4.5%) within 1 year of follow-up. Pre-CR

SUBMITTER: Looi KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature