Enhancing Response in the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Patient
Population
Patients with heart failure (HF), reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, and a wide QRS complex
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports quadripolar lead use in CRT; leaves open whether multisite pacing adds benefit over optimized biventricular pacing.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with heart failure (HF), reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, and a wide QRS complex
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Intervention
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) enhancements including better patient selection, quadripolar leads, imaging-guided LV lead positioning, multisite pacing, and computer modeling
This review highlights ongoing advancements to improve CRT response, emphasizing the role of quadripolar leads, imaging-guided lead placement, and computer modeling.
Cite This Study
Auricchio et al. (2017) studied this question.