TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of increased percentage of biventricular pacing to improve clinical outcomes in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy
AU - Gasparini, Maurizio
AU - Galimberti, Paola
AU - Ceriotti, Carlo
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe the growing evidence that a maximal biventricular pacing is needed to gain the maximal benefits from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). RECENT FINDINGS: Even small gains in the biventricular (BIV) pacing percentage are clinically important both to prevent acute heart failure and, more importantly, to improve survival. SUMMARY: Every effort should be made in all patients receiving CRT to approach 100% BIV pacing by a correct device programming, a correct pharmacologic regimen and atrioventricular nodal ablation in atrial fibrillation patients.
AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe the growing evidence that a maximal biventricular pacing is needed to gain the maximal benefits from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). RECENT FINDINGS: Even small gains in the biventricular (BIV) pacing percentage are clinically important both to prevent acute heart failure and, more importantly, to improve survival. SUMMARY: Every effort should be made in all patients receiving CRT to approach 100% BIV pacing by a correct device programming, a correct pharmacologic regimen and atrioventricular nodal ablation in atrial fibrillation patients.
KW - atrioventricular nodal ablation
KW - biventricular pacing percentage
KW - cardiac resynchronization therapy
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U2 - 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32835b0b17
DO - 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32835b0b17
M3 - Article
C2 - 23196776
AN - SCOPUS:84871625721
VL - 28
SP - 50
EP - 54
JO - Current Opinion in Cardiology
JF - Current Opinion in Cardiology
SN - 0268-4705
IS - 1
ER -