QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study

Domenichini, Giulia; Burri, Haran Kumar; Valzania, Cinzia; Gavaruzzi, Gilberto; Fallani, Francesco; Biffi, Mauro; Sunthorn, Henri; Diemberger, Igor; Martignani, Cristian; Foulkes, Huberdine; Fleury, Eric; Boriani, Giuseppe

doi:10.1186/1471-2261-12-27

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QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study

ContributorsDomenichini, Giulia; Burri, Haran Kumar; Valzania, Cinzia; Gavaruzzi, Gilberto; Fallani, Francesco; Biffi, Mauro; Sunthorn, Henri; Diemberger, Igor; Martignani, Cristian; Foulkes, Huberdine; Fleury, Eric; Boriani, Giuseppe

Published inBMC cardiovascular disorders, vol. 12, 27

Publication date2012

Abstract

Predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) remains a challenge. We evaluated the role of baseline QRS pattern to predict response in terms of improvement in biventricular ejection fraction (EF).

Keywords

Aged
Arrhythmias, Cardiac/therapy
Bundle-Branch Block/physiopathology/therapy
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy/methods
Electrocardiography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Radionuclide Angiography
Stroke Volume/physiology
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Function, Left/physiology
Ventricular Function, Right/physiology

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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DOMENICHINI, Giulia et al. QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study. In: BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2012, vol. 12, p. 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-27

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PID : unige:78851
DOI : 10.1186/1471-2261-12-27
PMID : 22494365

Journal ISSN1471-2261

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QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study

Predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) remains a challenge. We evaluated the role of baseline QRS pattern to predict response in terms of improvement in biventricular ejection fraction (EF).

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