Retiming the failing heart: principles and current clinical status of cardiac resynchronization

C Leclercq, DA Kass - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002 - jacc.org
Left or biventricular (BiV) pacing, or cardiac resynchronization therapy, was proposed nearly
10 years ago as an adjunctive treatment for patients with advanced heart failure (HF) …

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: part 1—issues before device implantation

JJ Bax, T Abraham, SS Barold, OA Breithardt… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been used extensively over the last years in
the therapeutic management of patients with end-stage heart failure. Data from 4,017 …

Effects of multisite biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay

S Cazeau, C Leclercq, T Lavergne… - … England Journal of …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Background One third of patients with chronic heart failure have electrocardiographic
evidence of a major intraventricular conduction delay, which may worsen left ventricular …

Tissue Doppler echocardiographic evidence of reverse remodeling and improved synchronicity by simultaneously delaying regional contraction after biventricular …

CM Yu, E Chau, JE Sanderson, K Fan, MO Tang… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Biventricular pacing has been proposed to improve symptoms and exercise
capacity in patients with advanced heart failure and wide electrocardiographic wave …

Cardiac resynchronization therapy tailored by echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular asynchrony

MV Pitzalis, M Iacoviello, R Romito, F Massari… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: The value of interventricular and intraventricular echocardiographic asynchrony
parameters in predicting reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) …

Cardiac resynchronization and death from progressive heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

DJ Bradley, EA Bradley, KL Baughman, RD Berger… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Context Progressive heart failure is the most common mechanism of death among patients
with advanced heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization, a pacemaker-based therapy for …

High prevalence of left ventricular systolic and diastolic asynchrony in patients with congestive heart failure and normal QRS duration

CM Yu, H Lin, Q Zhang, JE Sanderson - Heart, 2003 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To study the possible occurrence of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic
asynchrony in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) and narrow QRS complexes. Design …

Left ventricular or biventricular pacing improves cardiac function at diminished energy cost in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle-branch block

GS Nelson, RD Berger, BJ Fetics, M Talbot… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Left ventricular or biventricular pacing/stimulation can acutely improve systolic
function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and intraventricular conduction delay …

Predictors of left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy

CM Yu, WH Fung, H Lin, Q Zhang… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Biventricular pacing results in left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling in heart failure
patients with wide QRS complexes. This study examines potential predictors of reverse …

Comparative effects of permanent biventricular and right-univentricular pacing in heart failure patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

C Leclercq, S Walker, C Linde, J Clementy… - European heart …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background One third of chronic heart failure patients have major intraventricular conduction
and uncoordinated ventricular contraction. Non-controlled studies suggest that biventricular …