Why the study?
Does an IEGM-based method reliably calculate optimal AV and VV delays compared to an ECHO-based method in male patients with congestive heart failure and a resynchronization device?
Population
10 male patients with congestive heart failure implanted with a St Jude Medical resynchronization device
Comparison
Intracardiac electrogram-based method to… vs Doppler echocardiographic-based method to…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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IEGM may simplify AV/VV optimization in CRT; leaves open prospective outcome trials versus echocardiography.
Does an IEGM-based method reliably calculate optimal AV and VV delays compared to an ECHO-based method in male patients with congestive heart failure and a resynchronization device?
An IEGM-based algorithm provides comparable optimal AV and VV delays to standard echocardiography for cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization.
Anselmino et al. (2009) studied this question.
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