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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024

Clinical Impact of Digitalis Therapy in a Large Multicenter Cohort of CRT-Recipients.

Julia W Erath, Nikolett Vigh, Balazs Muk, Carsten W Israel, Sarah Keck, David Pilecky, Gabor Z Duray, Mate Vamos

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Digitalis Therapy Is Associated With an Increased Risk of ICD Shock Delivery and Device Revision.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2025
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8 authors.

Julia W ErathDepartment of Cardiology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Nikolett VighDepartment of Cardiology, Medical Centre, Hungarian Defense Forces, 1062 Budapest, Hungary.
Balazs MukDepartment of Cardiology, Medical Centre, Hungarian Defense Forces, 1062 Budapest, Hungary.
Carsten W IsraelDepartment of Cardiology, Evangelical Hospital, 33617 Bielefeld, Germany.
Sarah KeckDepartment of Cardiology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
David PileckyDepartment of Adult Cardiology, Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center, 1096 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-7232-9698
Gabor Z DurayDepartment of Cardiology, Medical Centre, Hungarian Defense Forces, 1062 Budapest, Hungary.
Mate VamosDepartment of Cardiology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1611-4443

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Introduction: Digitalis use in patients with severe heart failure is controversial. We assessed the effects of digitalis therapy on mortality in a large, observational study in recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). (2) Methods: Consecutive patients receiving a CRT-defibrillator in three European tertiary referral centers were enrolled and followed-up for a mean 37 months ± 28 months. Digitalis use was assessed at the time of CRT implantation. A multivariate Cox-regression model and propensity score matching were used to determine all-cause mortality as the primary endpoint. CRT-response (defined as improvement of ≥1 NYHA class), echocardiographic improvement (defined as improvement of LVEF of ≥ 5%) and incidence of ICD shocks and rehospitalization were assessed as secondary endpoints in a subgroup of patients. (3) Results: The study comprised 552 CRT-recipients with standard indications, including 219 patients (40%) treated with digitalis. Compared to patients without digitalis, they had more often atrial fibrillation, poorer LVEF and a higher NYHA class (all

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cardiac resynchronization therapycongestive heart failureCRT-DCRT-responsedefibrillatordigitalisdigitoxindigoxinmortality

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PMCPMC11203494

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