Open AccessCause-of-death analysis in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without a defibrillator: a systematic review and proportional meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Sérgio Barra,
Rui Providência,
Rudolf Duehmke,
Serge Bovéda,
David Begley,
Andrew A. Grace,
Kumar Narayanan,
Anthony Tang,
Éloi Marijon,
Sharad Agarwal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eux094
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , heart failure , cardiology , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , sudden cardiac death , meta analysis , atrial fibrillation , ventricular fibrillation , population , cause of death , sudden death , disease , ejection fraction , environmental health
The additional benefit of a defibrillator in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) patients is a matter of debate. Cause-of-death analysis in a CRT population has been recently proposed as a useful approach to gain insight into this problem. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at cause of death in studies involving CRT subjects with (CRT-D) or without (CRT-P) a defibrillator.
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