Clinical Cardiology has published an article titled, “Exploration of the Association between Ischemic Etiology and the Likelihood of Heart Failure Hospitalization Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.”
The study’s lead author, Adam C. Powell, Ph.D., and his team sought to evaluate whether recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) with ischemic heart disease respond differently to the treatment than do recipients with heart disease due to other causes. They investigated this as it is possible that myocardial scarring resulting from ischemia (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle because of coronary artery disease) may interfere with effective lead placement during the implantation of defibrillators. Extensive scarring is known to be associated with poorer physiological and survival outcomes in patients who undergo CRT-D. ... |