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Does the presence of myocardial contractile reserve and absence of severe diastolic dysfunction predict clinical and echocardiographic response to CRT in heart failure patients?
Does the presence of myocardial contractile reserve and absence of severe diastolic dysfunction predict clinical and echocardiographic response to CRT in heart failure patients?
The combined assessment of myocardial contractile reserve and severe diastolic dysfunction provides additive value in identifying patients likely to respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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Contractile reserve plus absent severe diastolic dysfunction may aid CRT selection in HF; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Ciampi et al. (2011) studied this question.
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