Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 670-675 , October 2008

Predictors of Mortality From Pump Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony: Results of the CARE-HF Trial

  • Barry F. Uretsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, UTMB, Galveston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Barry F. Uretsky, MD, 1001 Townson Avenue, P.O. Box 17006, Fort Smith, AR 72917-7006.
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  • Kristian Thygesen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Jean-Claude Daubert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Hopital Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
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  • Erland Erdmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Klinik III fur Innere Medizin der Universitat zu Koln; Cologne, Germany
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  • Nick Freemantle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom
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  • Daniel Gras, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises; Nantes, France
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  • Lukas Kappenberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Luigi Tavazzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carratere Scientifico, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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  • John G.F. Cleland, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom

Received 6 September 2007 ,Revised 23 May 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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 Disclosures: Members of the Steering (J-CD, EE, NF, DG, LK, LT, JC) and Endpoints (KT, BFU) Committees received compensation for Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure trial activities. Steering Committee members received speaking honoraria and research support. Data management and all statistical analyses were performed by sponsor-independent groups.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00176-0

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.06.001

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 670-675 , October 2008

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