Why the study?
What proportion of patients hospitalized with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and how many actually receive it?
Population
363 consecutive patients hospitalized with heart failure (438 admissions)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Suggests under-treatment of eligible CRT candidates in hospitalized HF; leaves open whether systematic screening improves identification.
What proportion of patients hospitalized with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and how many actually receive it?
In a real-world cohort of patients hospitalized with heart failure, 22% met criteria for CRT, but a significant portion remained untreated or were ineligible due to comorbidities.
Osmanska et al. (2018) studied this question.
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