2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management: A …

Task Force Chairs, JC Daubert, L Saxon… - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most successful heart
failure therapies to emerge in the last 25 years and is applicable to∼ 25–30% of patients …

Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines on the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy: evidence and patient selection

DV Exner, DH Birnie, G Moe, B Thibault… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent landmark trials provided the impetus to update the recommendations for cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT). This article provides guidance on the prescription of CRT …

Sites of left and right ventricular lead implantation and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy observations from the REVERSE trial

C Thébault, E Donal, C Meunier, R Gervais… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects of the left (LV) and right (RV)
ventricular lead tip position in response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) …

A prospective pilot study to evaluate the relationship between acute change in left ventricular synchrony after cardiac resynchronization therapy and patient outcome …

M Friehling, J Chen, S Saba, R Bazaz… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—There are ongoing efforts to optimize patient selection criteria for cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT). In this regard, the relationship between acute change in …

Left and right ventricular lead positions are imprecisely determined by fluoroscopy in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a comparison with cardiac computed …

A Sommer, MB Kronborg, BL Nørgaard, C Gerdes… - Europace, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Fluoroscopy is the routine method for localizing left ventricular (LV) and right
ventricular (RV) lead positions in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). However, the …

[PDF][PDF] 2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management

HRS EHRA - Europace, 2012 - academia.edu
Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most successful heart
failure therapies to emerge in the last 25 years and is applicable to≏ 25–30% of patients …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of nonresponse to cardiac resynchronization therapy

M Shanks, V Delgado, ACT Ng, D Auger… - American heart …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) ranges
between 30% to 40% of heart failure (HF) patients. The present study aimed to evaluate the …

An anterior left ventricular lead position is associated with increased mortality and non-response in cardiac resynchronization therapy

MB Kronborg, JB Johansen, S Riahi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Non-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) might be due to
insufficient resynchronization as a result of a sub-optimal left ventricular lead positon (LV …

Left ventricular lead position and outcomes in the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT)

SB Wilton, DV Exner, JS Healey, D Birnie… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Conflicting data exist regarding the association between left ventricular (LV)
lead position and benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy. We evaluated the …

Usefulness of low-dose dobutamine echocardiography to predict response and outcome in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

RK Altman, D McCarty, AA Chen-Tournoux… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
A substantial proportion of patients who meet the current guidelines for cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT) fail to respond to this pacing modality. Although …