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JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 95-102Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9844-0
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; Elderly; Heart failure
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an established treatment for selected patients with symptomatic left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Heart failure (HF) is primarily a disease of the elderly; however, these patients are underrepresented in CRT trials. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of age on clinical outcomes following CRT. A consecutive series of 177 patients was identified and divided into those aged a parts per thousand currency sign75 years (n = 131, mean +/- SD 62.1 +/- 11.2 years) and those aged > 75 years (n = 46, mean +/- SD 80.7 +/- 4.1 years). The primary end point was a composite of all-cause mortality or HF hospitalisation. During a median +/- IQR follow up of 28.5 +/- 33.7 months, the event rate for the primary end point was significantly higher in the elderly compared to younger patients (20.1 vs. 11.1 %, respectively, logrank p = 0.020). This was mainly driven by an excess mortality rate among those aged > 75 years (10 vs. 4.7 %, respectively, logrank p = 0.018) whereas HF hospitalisation rates were similar between groups (10 vs. 6.4 %, respectively, logrank p = 0.301). After adjusting for comorbidities and ICD status, the difference in the composite end point rates was attenuated and no longer significant (HR 1.580, 95 % CI 0.899-2.778; p = 0.112 for > 75 vs. a parts per thousand currency sign75 years). Notably, both groups demonstrated similar response rates to CRT in terms of symptomatic improvement, reverse LV remodelling and neurohormonal activation. CRT is equally effective in the elderly as in younger patients to reduce adverse clinical outcomes. For those who fulfil the prerequisite selection criteria, it should be considered as a valid therapeutic option.
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