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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Synchronous biventricular pacing is a new nonpharmacological supplemental treatment of advanced heart failure associated with electromechanical conduction delay. However, the role of pacing on left ventricular remodeling is unknown. Eleven patients with New York Heart Association Class III to IV heart failure, a left ventricular ejection fraction < 35%, and a QRS duration > or = 140 ms received a biventricular dual chamber pacemaker. Serial echocardiography, 6-minute hall walk, and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure quality-of-life (QOL) questionnaire were performed before and after up to 3 months of pacing. At 3 months there was a significant increase in fractional shortening (P < 0.001), ejection fraction (P < 0.001), and cardiac output (P < 0.05). The left ventricular end-diastolic volume (245 +/- 70 vs 185 +/- 37 mL, P < 0.05), end-systolic volume (209 +/- 69 vs 140 +/- 44 mL P < 0.05), and mitral regurgitation were reduced (P < 0.05), and diastolic filling time was lengthened (P < 0.05). There were also improvements in heart failure symptoms, an increase in 6-minute walk distance, and a decrease in QOL scores. Synchronous biventricular pacing for 3 months was associated with hemodynamic improvements, reversal of left ventricular remodeling, and increase in left ventricular systolic function, and a decrease in secondary mitral regurgitation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0147-8389
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1722-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Cardiac Pacing, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Cardiac Volume, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Exercise Test, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Mitral Valve Insufficiency, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Pacemaker, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Quality of Life, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Stroke Volume, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Ventricular Dysfunction, Right, pubmed-meshheading:11139909-Ventricular Remodeling
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversal of left ventricular remodeling by synchronous biventricular pacing in heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. cplau@hkucc.hku.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial