Aims To determine what proportion of patients with heart failure are eligible for cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods and results Eligibility criteria from the trials …

Background—The frequency and characterization of patients receiving cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT) are largely unknown since the publication of pivotal clinical …

Abstract Aims The CArdiac REsynchronization-Heart Failure study randomized patients with
left ventricular ejection fraction≤ 35%, markers of cardiac dyssynchrony, and persistent …

Aims The Cardiac Resynchronization‐Heart Failure (CARE‐HF) study helped establish an
important role for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in the management of selected …

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The objective was to determine what percentage of
patients admitted for heart failure met criteria for cardiac resynchronization therapy …

Background: Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is effective for patients with
chronic heart failure (CHF) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and wide QRS (≥ …

BACKGROUND: Several randomized trials have shown that cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) benefits New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I/II heart failure …

Background Device therapy in addition to medical treatment improves prognosis in a subset
of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. However, some patients remain …

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has emerged as the
predominant electrical treatment strategy for patients on pharmacological therapy who …

Heart Failure and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapies: <i>US Experience in the Year
2000</i> Page 1 Heart Failure and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapies: US. Experience in …