Abstract：
:The present study was performed to evaluate how to assess cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) efficacy in chronic heart failure (CHF) through clinical, echocardiographic and exercise analysis. We analyzed 41 stable CHF (NYHA III) patients with: left bundle-branch-block, ejection fraction <35%, left-ventricular dissynchrony (by tissue-Doppler), peak oxygen consumption (VO2) <16 ml/kg/min, suitable cardiac vein (by multislice computed tomography) and no anemia or kidney failure. Patients were evaluated before and after (7+/-3 months) CRT. Two patients died. CRT responders to none of the evaluated criteria were 19.5%. The best agreement (90%) with clinical response was obtained using the presence/absence of either left-ventricular systolic volume (LVSV) or peakVO2 response. In less severe CHF (peakVO2 12-16 ml/kg/min), peakVO2 and work-load didn't change after CRT, despite echocardiographic, ventilation/carbon dioxide relationship and clinical improvement. Echocardiography and CPET are complementary for the evaluation of CRT, but not in less severe CHF patients, where the role of CPET remain uncertain.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Cattadori G,Giraldi F,Berti M,Carbucicchio C,Pepi M,Della Bella P,Contini M,Apostolo A,Berna G,Andreini D,Sciomer S,Agostoni Pdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.052subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-08-14 00:00:00pages
240-2issue
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0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(08)00635-9journal_volume
136pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-09-30 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 评论,信件
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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