Abstract:
:Cardiac resynchronization therapy has become part of the treatment strategy for advanced, symptomatic heart failure, but newly published trials show that more patients than previously realized may benefit from this therapy, including those with mild heart failure symptoms. The REVERSE and MADIT-CRT trials showed that cardiac resynchronization therapy reduces risk of hospitalization for heart failure and leads to beneficial reverse remodeling of the left ventricle in mild heart failure, especially in patients with prolonged QRS complexes. Ongoing studies aim to expand the indications for this therapy even further, including in patients with normal ejection fractions and a need for frequent ventricular pacing. The current body of evidence favors cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with a depressed ejection fraction and prolonged QRS, even with minimal or no heart failure symptoms.
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Curr Cardiol Repjournal_title
Current cardiology reportsauthors
Reynolds CR,Gold MRdoi
10.1007/s11886-010-0125-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-09-01 00:00:00pages
367-73issue
5eissn
1523-3782issn
1534-3170journal_volume
12pub_type
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