Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/14955
Title: Response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in elderly patients (≥70 years) and octogenarians.
Authors: VERBRUGGE, Frederik 
DUPONT, Matthias 
DE VUSSER, Philip 
Rivero-Ayerza, Maximo
Van Herendael, Hugo
Vercammen, Jan
Jacobs, Linda
Verhaert, David
VANDERVOORT, Pieter 
Tang, Wilson W.H.
MULLENS, Wilfried 
Issue Date: 2012
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE, 15 (2), p. 203-210
Abstract: Aims Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) leads to reverse ventricular remodelling, improved functional capacity, and better clinical outcome in patients with advanced chronic heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, and evidence of ventricular conduction delay, who are under optimal medical therapy. This study investigated whether these benefits can be extrapolated to older patients, typically not included in randomized clinical trials. Methods and results Consecutive patients who received a CRT device between October 2008 and June 2011, including optimization afterwards in a dedicated clinic, were stratified into 3 pre-specified groups, according to age: <70 years (n = 76); 70–79 years (n = 95); and ≥80 years (n = 49). Left ventricular remodelling, functional capacity, heart failure hospitalization, and mortality data were assessed during follow-up. Reverse left ventricular remodelling and improvement in New York Heart Association functional class were similar in all groups at 6 months after implantation. During mean follow-up of 20 months, 32 patients died and 66 were admitted for heart failure. Annualized mortality rates were significantly higher in elderly patients (6% vs. 8% vs. 15% in all groups, respectively; P < 0.001), but time to death or first heart failure admission was similar among age groups (P = 0.531). Progressive pump failure was the major cause of death (50%), with co-morbidity-related deaths also being frequent (41%). Conclusion Reverse left ventricular remodelling and functional capacity improvement after CRT are sustained at advanced age. Moreover, time to all-cause mortality or heart failure admission was similar, irrespective of age, in a context of maximized optimization including optimal medical therapy.
Keywords: age; cardiac resynchronization therapy; mode of death; reverse remodelling; treatment outcome
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/14955
ISSN: 1388-9842
e-ISSN: 1879-0844
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs151
ISI #: 000313831900012
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2014
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