cardiac resynchronization pacemaker therapy
Electrically guided versus imaging guided implant of the left ventricular lead in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a study protocol for a double blinded randomized controlled clinical trial (ElectroCRT)
... Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an established treatment in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS duration where a biventricular pacemaker is implanted to ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker: critical appraisal of the adaptive CRT-P device
... posture. Optimization with one-time CRT device program- ming will not offer a lasting effect and, more importantly, will not respond to changes in cardiac conduction under a broad spectrum of conditions. ...
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Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure
... includes cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) by biventricular pacing in selected patients in NYHA functional class III or IV heart failure (HF) caused by idiopathic dilated (DCM) or ischemic ...
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Survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from 50 084 implantations
... Our sample included patients who had their first CRT device im- plantation in England between January 2009 and September 2017. This period was chosen because coding of CRT through the National Tariff was reliable since ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by cardiovascular magnetic resonance
... interfere with detection and pacing algorithms. In addi- tion, they can induce arrhythmias and alter pacemaker set- tings. These factors have indeed implicated in the reported deaths. Despite these concerns, ...
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Impact of contractile reserve on acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
... biventricular pacemaker, were included using established selection cri- teria for CRT: New York Heart Association class III or IV despite optimal medical therapy, LV ejection fraction ≤ 35%, QRS with left ...
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Predictors of clinical outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients ≥75 years of age: a retrospective cohort study
... We retrospectively included all consecutive patients referred to Caen Normandy University Hospital for CRT device implantation between January 2013 and December 2016. CRT devices were implanted accord- ing to the most ...
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Improvement in MR and in the dyssynchrony between the mid segments predict super responders in patients undergoing CRT
... CRT is an effective therapy in long term follows up of symptomatic patients with LHF in real world practice. In patients with significant MR, the presence of significant delay between the mid segments as measured ...
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Validation of a Marker of Atrial Contraction in the SonR Signal
... Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) is indicated for the treatment of severe Heart Failure (HF), in pa- tients with Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) [1] ...
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Prognostic value of cardiac iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging in patients with indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy
... acquiring cardiac 123I-MIBG data using medium energy collimators which are more appropriate for the acquisition of 123-iodine ...ing cardiac 123I-MIBG SPECT, and calculating re- gional cardiac ...
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Acceleration of tissue phase mapping by k t BLAST: a detailed analysis of the influence of k t BLAST for the quantification of myocardial motion at 3T
... In the tagging technique, lines or a grid are mapped onto the myocardium by either spatial modulation tech- niques [2,3] or a DANTE pulse train in the presence of a frequency-encoding gradient [17]. Direct analysis of ...
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The causes, consequences, and treatment of left or right heart failure
... Medical therapy and diet can have either favorable or adverse effects on functional capacity even in the absence of significant changes in ventricular ...drug therapy, that therapy should be ...
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Sequential biventricular pacing improves regional contractility, longitudinal function and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS
... to cardiac resynchronization therapy) trial, an observational study, was somewhat disappointing concerning the value of measuring dyssynchrony ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance
... cardiac death was defined as a “natural, unexpected death due to cardiac causes, heralded by an abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms.”[14]Death from pump failure was ...
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Usefulness of NT-pro BNP monitoring to identify echocardiographic responders following cardiac resynchronization therapy
... Using nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (2C1Ti), magnetic resonance imaging, and DSE, several studies have demonstrated the importance of LV viability in pre- dicting response to CRT [26-32]. In accordance with these ...
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Measures of endothelial dysfunction predict response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy
... According to the four independent criteria speci fi ed a priori, a positive response to CRT was observed in 14 of the 19 patients during follow-up (table 2 and fi gure 4). Responders had signi fi cant improvements in ...
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Prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy using left ventricular pacing lead position and cardiovascular magnetic resonance derived wall motion patterns: a prospective cohort study
... Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves mor- bidity and mortality in many heart failure patients, yet 1 in 3 patients fail to respond ...
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Development and feasibility testing of decision support for patients who are candidates for a prophylactic implantable defibrillator: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
... To ensure the decision aid is acceptable, simple to complete, and clearly formatted for patient use, we will use a convenience sample of 30 patients from HHS with ICDs (primary prevention indication), and family members ...
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Vol 4 (2015)
... The outcomes associated with each alterative treatment option are estimated by means of a state transition Markov model, which simulates over time the progression and the management of a patient cohort under the two ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves heart failure in one patient with acromegaly induced cardiomyopathy: a case report
... regulates cardiac growth, stimulates myocardial con- tractility, and influences the vascular ...tolic cardiac performance ...concentric cardiac hyper- trophy associated with diastolic ...
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