[Cardiac resynchronization therapy]

Rev Prat. 2010 Mar 20;60(3):315-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Fifteen years after the birth of resynchronization therapy, this technique has become one of the recommended treatments in severe heart failure patients, with low ejection fraction (4 35%), and conduction disorders (ORS > or = 120 ms). Based on large randomized clinical trials, the European recommendation is class I type (level of evidence A), to improve symptoms and survival of this patient population. Recommendations have been extended to patients already implanted with a conventional pacemaker, and to those with chronic atrial fibrillation. Recent results

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial*
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Pacemaker, Artificial