Key result
Biventricular pacemaker implantation is recommended for a 55-year-old man presenting with refractory congestive heart failure and a widened QRS complex post-myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does implantation of a biventricular pacemaker prolong survival in patients with refractory congestive heart failure and a widened QRS complex?
Case Report (n=1)
Does implantation of a biventricular pacemaker prolong survival in patients with refractory congestive heart failure and a widened QRS complex?
Biventricular pacing is recommended for cardiac resynchronization in patients with refractory heart failure and a widened QRS complex to prolong survival.
May support CRT consideration in refractory HF with wide QRS post-MI; leaves open need for RCT confirmation.
A 55-year-old man who had had an anterior-wall myocardial infarction six months previously and had a widened QRS complex on electrocardiography presents with refractory congestive heart failure despite medical therapy. Implantation of a biventricular pacemaker is recommended. The use of such pacemakers to resynchronize ventricular contraction has been demonstrated to prolong survival in certain subgroups of patients.
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John A. Jarcho (2006) conducted a case report in Refractory congestive heart failure (n=1). Biventricular pacemaker was evaluated. Biventricular pacemaker implantation is recommended for a 55-year-old man presenting with refractory congestive heart failure and a widened QRS complex post-myocardial infarction.