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15234396

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been proposed as an alternative treatment in patients with severe, drug-refractory heart failure. The clinical results are promising, and improvement in symptoms, exercise capacity, and systolic left ventricular (LV) function have been demonstrated after CRT, accompanied by a reduction in hospitalization and a superior survival as compared with optimized medical therapy alone. However, 20% to 30% of patients do not respond to CRT. Currently, patients are selected mainly on electrocardiogram criteria (wide QRS complex, left bundle branch block configuration). In view of the 20% to 30% of nonresponders, additional selection criteria are needed. Echocardiography (and, in particular, tissue Doppler imaging) may allow further identification of potential responders to CRT, based on assessment of inter- and intraventricular dyssynchrony. In addition, echocardiography may allow optimal LV lead positioning and follow-up after CRT. In the current review, the different echocardiographic approaches to predict response to CRT are discussed. In addition, the use of echocardiography to guide LV lead positioning and follow-up after CRT are addressed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0735-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy: ready for routine clinical use? A critical appraisal.
pubmed:affiliation
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. jbax@knoware.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review