1. Benefits of Endocardial and Multisite Pacing Are Dependent on the Type of Left Ventricular Electric Activation Pattern and Presence of Ischemic Heart Disease
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Gerald Carr-White, Julian Bostock, Matthew Ginks, Anoop Shetty, Cliff Bucknall, Simon G. Duckett, Jaswinder Gill, C. Aldo Rinaldi, Pier D. Lambiase, Kawal Rhode, Peter Taggart, Christophe Leclercq, Janet L. Peacock, Reza Razavi, Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital [London], The Heart Hospital [London], University College of London [London] (UCL), University College Hospital, King‘s College London, Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes], and CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]
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Gadolinium DTPA ,Male ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Myocardial Ischemia ,Hemodynamics ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,electrophysiology mapping ,MESH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,MESH: Treatment Outcome ,MESH: Bundle-Branch Block ,MESH: Middle Aged ,Ejection fraction ,Middle Aged ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,MESH: Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac ,Treatment Outcome ,endocardium ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,MESH: Myocardial Ischemia ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,Female ,Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,MESH: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ,MESH: Hemodynamics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart Ventricles ,Bundle-Branch Block ,MESH: Gadolinium DTPA ,Cardiac resynchronization therapy ,03 medical and health sciences ,QRS complex ,[SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,bundle branch block ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Endocardium ,Heart Failure ,MESH: Humans ,Ischemic cardiomyopathy ,Bundle branch block ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,MESH: Male ,Heart failure ,MESH: Heart Failure ,MESH: Heart Ventricles ,business ,MESH: Female - Abstract
Background— There is considerable heterogeneity in the myocardial substrate of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), in particular in the etiology of heart failure and in the location of conduction block within the heart. This may account for variability in response to CRT. New approaches, including endocardial and multisite left ventricular (LV) stimulation, may improve CRT response. We sought to evaluate these approaches using noncontact mapping to understand the underlying mechanisms. Methods and Results— Ten patients (8 men and 2 women; mean [SD] age 63 [12] years; LV ejection fraction 246%; QRS duration 161 [24] ms) fulfilling conventional CRT criteria underwent an electrophysiological study, with assessment of acute hemodynamic response to conventional CRT as well as LV endocardial and multisite pacing. LV activation pattern was assessed using noncontact mapping. LV endocardial pacing gave a superior acute hemodynamic response compared with conventional CRT (26% versus 37% increase in LV dP/dt max , respectively; P P =0.08). The majority (71%) of patients with nonischemic heart failure etiology or functional block responded to conventional CRT, whereas those with myocardial scar or absence of functional block often required endocardial or multisite pacing to achieve CRT response. Conclusions— Endocardial or multisite pacing may be required in certain subsets of patients undergoing CRT. Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and those with narrower QRS, in particular, may stand to benefit.
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- 2012
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