Cumulative analysis on 4802 patients confirming that women benefit more than men from cardiac resynchronization therapy

Affiliations

¹ "A. De Gasperis" Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: manlio.cipriani@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² "A. De Gasperis" Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Cardiac Department, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Cardiac Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Department, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

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Manlio Cipriani et al. Int J Cardiol. 2015.

. 2015 Mar 1:182:454-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.028. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

¹ "A. De Gasperis" Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: manlio.cipriani@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² "A. De Gasperis" Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Cardiac Department, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Cardiac Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Department, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

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Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Female sex; Heart failure; Outcome.

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