Four-year efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy on exercise tolerance and disease progression: the importance of performing atrioventricular junction ablation …

M Gasparini, A Auricchio, F Regoli, C Fantoni… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) and the role of …

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: the CERTIFY study (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Multinational …

M Gasparini, C Leclercq, M Lunati, M Landolina… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine whether, in patients with atrial
fibrillation (AF) undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), atrioventricular …

Comparison of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with sinus rhythm versus chronic atrial fibrillation

SG Molhoek, JJ Bax, GB Bleeker, E Boersma… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a new therapeutic option for patients who have
drug-refractory end-stage heart failure. Much information has been obtained from patients …

Comparison of benefits and mortality in cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation versus patients in sinus rhythm (Results of the Spanish Atrial …

JM Tolosana, AH Madrid, J Brugada, M Sitges… - The American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)
and the need for atrioventricular junction ablation in these patients is controversial. The aim …

Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of performing atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with …

M Gasparini, A Auricchio, M Metra, F Regoli… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims To investigate the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on survival in
heart failure (HF) patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) and the role of atrio …

Long-term effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation

K Khadjooi, PW Foley, S Chalil, J Anthony, REA Smith… - Heart, 2008 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To compare the effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in patients with
heart failure (HF) in either atrial fibrillation (AF) or sinus rhythm (SR). Design: Prospective …

Benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in atrial fibrillation patients vs. patients in sinus rhythm: the role of atrioventricular junction ablation

AM Ferreira, P Adragao, DM Cavaco, R Candeias… - Europace, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims To assess the clinical benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients
with atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with patients in sinus rhythm (SR), and to evaluate the …

Comparison of usefulness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure versus patients with sinus rhythm and heart failure

PPHM Delnoy, JP Ottervanger, HO Luttikhuis… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with heart failure is high, but data about
the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with chronic AF are scarce …

Cardiac resynchronization in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

GA Upadhyay, NK Choudhry, A Auricchio… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study is a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies comparing the impact
of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for patients in atrial fibrillation (AF) and sinus …

Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation: effect of upgrading to biventricular pacing after chronic right ventricular …

AR Leon, JM Greenberg, N Kanuru, CM Baker… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES This study assessed the effects of biventricular pacing (BVP) on ventricular
function, functional status, quality of life and hospitalization in patients with congestive heart …