Strategies to improve cardiac resynchronization therapy

Mid-term follow up of thromboembolic complications in left ventricular endocardial cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2014) Leonard M. Rademakers et al.   HEART RHYTHM

The value of the 12-lead ECG for evaluation and optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy in daily clinical practice

(2014) Caroline J.M. van Deursen et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

Impact of Mechanical Activation, Scar, and Electrical Timing on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response and Clinical Outcomes

(2014) Kenneth C. Bilchick et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Left bundle-branch block: The relationship between electrocardiogram electrical activation and echocardiography mechanical contraction

(2013) Niels Risum et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Usefulness of Echocardiographically Guided Left Ventricular Lead Placement for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Intermediate QRS Width and Non–Left Bundle Branch Block Morphology

(2013) Josef J. Marek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2013) Frits W. Prinzen et al.   CIRCULATION

Electromechanical Dyssynchrony and Resynchronization of the Failing Heart

(2013) Jonathan A. Kirk et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Interplay of Electrical Wavefronts as Determinant of the Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Dyssynchronous Canine Hearts

(2013) Marc Strik et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Transseptal Conduction as an Important Determinant for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, as Revealed by Extensive Electrical Mapping in the Dyssynchronous Canine Heart

(2013) Marc Strik et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Echocardiography-Guided Left Ventricular Lead Placement for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2013) Samir Saba et al.   Circulation-Heart Failure

Preferred tools and techniques for implantation of cardiac electronic devices in Europe: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey

(2013) M. G. Bongiorni et al.   EUROPACE

2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

(2013) et al.   EUROPACE

True complete left bundle branch block morphology strongly predicts good response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2013) Yun Tian et al.   EUROPACE

Evaluating strict and conventional left bundle branch block criteria using electrocardiographic simulations

(2013) L. Galeotti et al.   EUROPACE

Acute haemodynamic comparison of multisite and biventricular pacing with a quadripolar left ventricular lead

(2013) Bernard Thibault et al.   EUROPACE

QRS morphology, left ventricular lead location, and clinical outcome in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2013) Jagdesh Kandala et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Development and validation of an integrated diagnostic algorithm derived from parameters monitored in implantable devices for identifying patients at risk for heart failure hospitalization in an ambulatory setting

(2013) Martin R. Cowie et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Long-term impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy in mild heart failure: 5-year results from the REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study

(2013) Cecilia Linde et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Clinical outcomes with synchronized left ventricular pacing: Analysis of the adaptive CRT trial

(2013) David Birnie et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Acute electrical and hemodynamic effects of multisite left ventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy in the dyssynchronous canine heart

(2013) Sylvain Ploux et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy optimisation strategies: Systematic classification, detailed analysis, minimum standards and a roadmap for development and testing

(2013) S.M. Afzal Sohaib et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Deterioration of left ventricular ejection fraction and contraction synchrony during right ventricular pacing in patients with left bundle branch block

(2013) Mati Friehling et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Comparative Electromechanical and Hemodynamic Effects of Left Ventricular and Biventricular Pacing in Dyssynchronous Heart Failure

(2013) Joost Lumens et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with a Narrow QRS Complex

(2013) Frank Ruschitzka et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Dyssynchrony and the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias

(2013) Valentina Kutyifa et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Further Deterioration of LV Ejection Fraction and Mechanical Synchrony During RV Apical Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and LBBB

(2013) Daniel R. Ludwig et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Left ventricular endocardial or triventricular pacing to optimize cardiac resynchronization therapy in a chronic canine model of ischemic heart failure

(2012) Pierre Bordachar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Effect of QRS Duration and Morphology on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Outcomes in Mild Heart Failure

(2012) Michael R. Gold et al.   CIRCULATION

Subcellular Structures and Function of Myocytes Impaired During Heart Failure Are Restored by Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2012) Frank B. Sachse et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Benefits of Endocardial and Multisite Pacing Are Dependent on the Type of Left Ventricular Electric Activation Pattern and Presence of Ischemic Heart Disease

(2012) Matthew R. Ginks et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Vectorcardiography as a Tool for Easy Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Canine Left Bundle Branch Block Hearts

(2012) Caroline J.M. van Deursen et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Mechanistic Evaluation of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony Indices

(2012) Joost Lumens et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Ventricular resynchronization therapy by direct His-bundle pacing using an internal cardioverter defibrillator

(2012) Rafael Barba-Pichardo et al.   EUROPACE

2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management: A registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society; and in collaboration with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) of the ESC and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA). * Endorsed by the governing bodies of AHA, ASE, EAE, HFSA, HFA, EHRA, and HRS

(2012) et al.   EUROPACE

A randomized pilot study of optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy in sinus rhythm patients using a peak endocardial acceleration sensor vs. standard methods

(2012) P. Ritter et al.   EUROPACE

Multidisciplinary care of patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy is associated with improved clinical outcomes

(2012) R. K. Altman et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The relationship of QRS morphology and mechanical dyssynchrony to long-term outcome following cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2012) H. Hara et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Prediction of long-term outcome of cardiac resynchronization therapy by acute pressure-volume loop measurements

(2012) Gerben J. de Roest et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

The Jurdham procedure: Endocardial left ventricular lead insertion via a femoral transseptal sheath for cardiac resynchronization therapy pectoral device implantation

(2012) Benjamin Elencwajg et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Investigation of a novel algorithm for synchronized left-ventricular pacing and ambulatory optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: Results of the adaptive CRT trial

(2012) David O. Martin et al.   HEART RHYTHM

How to reliably deliver narrow individual-patient error bars for optimization of pacemaker AV or VV delay using a “pick-the-highest” strategy with haemodynamic measurements

(2012) Darrel P. Francis   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Predictors of Super-Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Associated Improvement in Clinical Outcome

(2012) Jonathan C. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Targeted Left Ventricular Lead Placement to Guide Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2012) Fakhar Z. Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Devices in the management of advanced, chronic heart failure

(2012) William T. Abraham et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Fully Automatable, Reproducible, Noninvasive Simple Plethysmographic Optimization: Proof of Concept and Potential for Implantability

(2012) ANDREAS KYRIACOU et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Electrocardiographic Criteria of True Left Bundle Branch Block: A Simple Sign to Predict a Better Clinical and Instrumental Response to CRT

(2012) GIOSUÈ MASCIOLI et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Defining Left Bundle Branch Block in the Era of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) David G. Strauss et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Left Ventricular Versus Simultaneous Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure and a QRS Complex ≥120 Milliseconds

(2011) Bernard Thibault et al.   CIRCULATION

Left Ventricular Lead Position and Clinical Outcome in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial–Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT) Trial

(2011) Jagmeet P. Singh et al.   CIRCULATION

Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy by QRS Morphology in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial–Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT)

(2011) Wojciech Zareba et al.   CIRCULATION

Non-Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) Angelo Auricchio et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

The Role of Echocardiography in Predicting Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) Yoshihiro Seo et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Endocardial Left Ventricular Pacing Improves Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Chronic Asynchronous Infarction and Heart Failure Models

(2011) Marc Strik et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Dyssynchrony, Contractile Function, and Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) Dorit Knappe et al.   Circulation-Heart Failure

Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony in pacing-induced left bundle branch block compared with intrinsic left bundle branch block

(2011) A. Ghani et al.   EUROPACE

Discordant electrical and mechanical atrial delays affect intracavitary electrogram-based cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization

(2011) M. C. Porciani et al.   EUROPACE

Transseptal left ventricular endocardial pacing: preliminary experience from a femoral approach with subclavian pull-through

(2011) B. M. van Gelder et al.   EUROPACE

The relationship between ventricular electrical delay and left ventricular remodelling with cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2011) M. R. Gold et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Baseline left ventricular dP/dtmaxrather than the acute improvement in dP/dtmaxpredicts clinical outcome in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2011) Margot D. Bogaard et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and the relationship of percent biventricular pacing to symptoms and survival

(2011) David L. Hayes et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with versus those without atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Stephen B. Wilton et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Invasive Acute Hemodynamic Response to Guide Left Ventricular Lead Implantation Predicts Chronic Remodeling in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) Simon G. Duckett et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Impact of a Dedicated Training Program on the Reproducibility of Systolic Dyssynchrony Measures Using Tissue Doppler Imaging

(2011) Qing Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Fluoroscopic Left Ventricular Lead Position and the Long-Term Clinical Outcome of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2011) PAUL W.X. FOLEY et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The Acute Hemodynamic Response to LV Pacing within Individual Branches of the Coronary Sinus using a Quadripolar Lead

(2011) ANOOP K. SHETTY et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The “Missing” Link Between Acute Hemodynamic Effect and Clinical Response

(2011) Frits W. Prinzen et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Primary Results From the SmartDelay Determined AV Optimization: A Comparison to Other AV Delay Methods Used in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (SMART-AV) Trial

(2010) Kenneth A. Ellenbogen et al.   CIRCULATION

Relationship of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony to Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2010) John Gorcsan et al.   CIRCULATION

Myocardial Infarction Does Not Preclude Electrical and Hemodynamic Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Dyssynchronous Canine Hearts

(2010) Leonard M. Rademakers et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Comparison of a non-invasive arterial pulse contour technique and echo Doppler aorta velocity-time integral on stroke volume changes in optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2010) I. E. van Geldorp et al.   EUROPACE

When is an optimization not an optimization? Evaluation of clinical implications of information content (signal-to-noise ratio) in optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy, and how to measure and maximize it

(2010) Punam A. Pabari et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Mechano-energetics of the asynchronous and resynchronized heart

(2010) Frits W. Prinzen et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Physiologic Resynchronization Therapy: A Case of His Bundle Pacing Reversing Physiologic Conduction in a Patient with CHF and LBBB During 2 Years of Observation

(2010) PAWEL DABROWSKI et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Echo/Doppler-derived time intervals are able to predict left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2010) Cristina M Porciani et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Optimal Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing Sites for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

(2010) David D. Spragg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Heart Failure

(2010) Anthony S.L. Tang et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Analysis of LV Lead Position in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using Different Imaging Modalities

(2010) Michael Becker et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram

(2009) Borys Surawicz et al.   CIRCULATION

Electrophysiological Consequences of Dyssynchronous Heart Failure and Its Restoration by Resynchronization Therapy

(2009) Takeshi Aiba et al.   CIRCULATION

Mechanisms of Enhanced β-Adrenergic Reserve From Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2009) Khalid Chakir et al.   CIRCULATION

Cardiac Resynchronization Induces Major Structural and Functional Reverse Remodeling in Patients With New York Heart Association Class I/II Heart Failure

(2009) Martin St. John Sutton et al.   CIRCULATION

Left Ventricular Septal and Left Ventricular Apical Pacing Chronically Maintain Cardiac Contractile Coordination, Pump Function and Efficiency

(2009) Robert W. Mills et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing Improves Resynchronization Therapy in Canine Left Bundle-Branch Hearts

(2009) Caroline van Deursen et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Septal rebound stretch reflects the functional substrate to cardiac resynchronization therapy and predicts volumetric and neurohormonal response

(2009) Bart W.L. De Boeck et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

A Novel Approach for Endocardial Resynchronization Therapy: Initial Experience with Transapical Implantation of the Left Ventricular Lead

(2009) Imre Kassai et al.   HEART SURGERY FORUM

Influence of Left Ventricular Lead Location on Outcomes in the COMPANION Study

(2009) LESLIE A. SAXON et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Heart Failure Decompensation and All-Cause Mortality in Relation to Percent Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure

(2009) Bruce A. Koplan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Insights From a Cardiac Resynchronization Optimization Clinic as Part of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program

(2009) Wilfried Mullens et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Optimizing Hemodynamics in Heart Failure Patients by Systematic Screening of Left Ventricular Pacing Sites

(2009) Nicolas Derval et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Role of cardiac MRI and nuclear imaging in cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2009) Niti R. Aggarwal et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events

(2009) Arthur J. Moss et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Prospective Randomized Evaluation of VV Delay Optimization in CRT-D Recipients: Echocardiographic Observations from the RHYTHM II ICD Study

(2009) GIUSEPPE BORIANI et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Timing of the Left Ventricular Electrogram and Acute Hemodynamic Changes During Implant of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices

(2009) BERRY M. VAN GELDER et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Hype and Hope in the Use of Echocardiography for Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2008) Thomas H. Marwick   CIRCULATION

Comparison of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony Assessment by Tissue Velocity and Strain Imaging in Subjects With or Without Systolic Dysfunction and With or Without Left Bundle-Branch Block

(2008) Chinami Miyazaki et al.   CIRCULATION

Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) Trial

(2008) Eugene S. Chung et al.   CIRCULATION

Strain Dyssynchrony Index Correlates With Improvement in Left Ventricular Volume After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Better Than Tissue Velocity Dyssynchrony Indexes

(2008) Chinami Miyazaki et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of performing atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

(2008) M. Gasparini et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Practical and conceptual limitations of tissue Doppler imaging to predict reverse remodelling in cardiac resynchronisation therapy

(2008) Bart W.L. De Boeck et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

The Optimized V-V Interval Determined by Interventricular Conduction Times Versus Invasive Measurement by LVdP/dtMAX

(2008) BERRY M. VAN GELDER et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Optimal Left Ventricular Lead Position Predicts Reverse Remodeling and Survival After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2008) Claudia Ypenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

A Randomized Comparison of Triple-Site Versus Dual-Site Ventricular Stimulation in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

(2008) Christophe Leclercq et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Echocardiography for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Recommendations for Performance and Reporting–A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Dyssynchrony Writing Group Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society

(2008) John Gorcsan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Dyssynchrony and Myocardial Scar Predicts Function Class Improvement Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2008) Kenneth C. Bilchick et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Left Ventricular Conduction Delays Induced by Right Ventricular Apical Pacing: Effect of Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Bundle Branch Block

(2007) NIRAJ VARMA   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY