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The effects of aetiology on outcome in patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy in the CARE-HF trial

G. Wikstrom, Carina Blomström‐Lundqvist, Bertil Andrén, Stefan Lönnerholm, Per Blomström, Nick Freemantle, T. Remp, John G.F. Cleland

European Heart Journal · 2008 · 165 citations · 24 references

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The benefits of CRT in patients with or without IHD were similar in relative terms in the CARE-HF study but as patients with IHD had a worse prognosis, the benefit in absolute terms may be greater.

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Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy with or without an Implantable Defibrillator in Advanced Chronic Heart Failure

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Sustained Reverse Left Ventricular Structural Remodeling With Cardiac Resynchronization at One Year Is a Function of Etiology

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The CARE-HF study (CArdiac REsynchronisation in Heart Failure study): Rationale, Design and End-Points

John G.F. Cleland, Claude Daubert, Erland Erdmann et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure · 2001 · 320 citations · Full text