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. 2003 Nov 15;92(10):1238-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.06.016.

Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure before pacemaker implantation

Jeroen J Bax  1 , Thomas H Marwick, Sander G Molhoek, Gabe B Bleeker, Lieselot van Erven, Eric Boersma, Paul Steendijk, Ernst E van der Wall, Martin J Schalij
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Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure before pacemaker implantation

Jeroen J Bax et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

We evaluated patients with end-stage heart failure who have a high likelihood of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (biventricular pacing). It appears that 20% of patients do not respond to this expensive therapy despite the use of selection criteria (dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, New York Heart Association class II or IV, left ventricular ejection fraction <35%, left bundle branch block, and QRS >120 ms). The presence of left ventricular dyssynchrony is needed to result in improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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