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Table 3 Effects of implantation strategy on mode of death

From: Cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by late gadolinium-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance

 

Death from pump failure

Sudden cardiac death

 

HR (95% CI) *

χ2

p

HR (95% CI) *

χ2

p

+CMR+S

5.40 (2.92 to 9.94)

29.1

< 0.0001

4.40 (1.24 to 15.62)

5.26

0.0218

-CMR

1.12 (0.67 to 1.85)

0.13

0.6847

2.93 (1.11 to 7.76)

4.71

0.0299

  1. *, Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) refer to the risk of meeting the endpoints in comparison to the group in which CMR was performed and the LV lead was deployed in non-scarred myocardium. Adjustment has been made for age, NYHA class, QRS duration, history of CABG and of chronic atrial fibrillation in Cox proportional hazards analyses. +CMR+S = CMR showing scar at the LV pacing position; -CMR = non-CMR guided group.