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- Title
Weekly journal scan: a hard RAFTing to improve long-term survival in heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction.
- Authors
Pedicino, Daniela; Volpe, Massimo
- Abstract
The article discusses the findings of the Resynchronization–Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT), which aimed to assess whether adding cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) to an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) and optimal medical therapy improves outcomes for patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The study followed 1050 patients for a median of 7.7 years and found that CRT-D was associated with a lower risk of death or hospitalization for heart failure compared to ICD alone. The authors suggest that CRT-D therapy can be effective for patients with mild symptoms and those with right bundle-branch block, but further research is needed to evaluate its effects in combination with newer pharmacological therapies.
- Subjects
HEART failure; VENTRICULAR ejection fraction; CARDIAC pacing; BUNDLE-branch block; HEART assist devices
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 22, p1969
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehae167