title: Proportion of patients in a congestive heart failure care management program meeting criteria for cardiac resynchronization therapy.
abstract: Among 1,138 patients in our congestive heart failure care management database, 37 (3.2%) met guideline criteria for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Advancing age was a predictor of prolonged QRS duration in this population, but gender, ejection fraction (EF) and cause of heart failure were not. There was a trend toward an inverse correlation between QRS duration and EF among patients with EF < or = 35%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Center for Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA. albert.y-j.shen@kp.org
authors.forename: Albert Yuh-Jer
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: XunZhang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doris
authors.forename: Naing
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D004232:Diuretics