Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Hospitalizations in the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial Running title: Gillis et al.; Hospitalizations in RAFT
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Dept of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta; St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia; Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Sainte Foy, Quebec; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; Island Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy on hospitalizations in the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure trial.
BACKGROUND This study reports the impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on hospitalizations in patients randomized to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or ICD-CRT in the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT). METHODS AND RESULTS Hospitalization rates and lengths of hospital stay were compared between the 2 groups. At the 18-month fol...
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