Exercise stress echocardiography is superior to rest echocardiography in predicting left ventricular reverse remodelling and functional improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy
- 28 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal
- Vol. 30 (1), 89-97
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn483
Abstract
Aims Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves functional capacity and survival in heart failure. However, one-third of patients fail to respond to CRT. Resting left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony assessed by echocardiography (ECHO) showed discordant results in identifying CRT responders. LV dyssynchrony can totally change during exercise. Aim of this study was to evaluate whether exercise dyssynchrony could select responders to CRT.Keywords
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