The importance of being "responder" in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 15:223:838-841. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.159. Epub 2016 Aug 8.

Authors

Mirko Luparelli¹, Dario Buccheri², Egle Corrado¹, Laura Ajello¹, Riccardo Bentivegna¹, Gianfranco Ciaramitaro¹, Pasquale Assennato¹, Giuseppe Coppola¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, "Paolo Giaccone" Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
² Department of Cardiology, "Paolo Giaccone" Hospital, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: dariobuccheri@gmail.com.

PMID: 27580217
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.159

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); Heart failure (HF); Non-responders; Prognosis; Responders.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy* / adverse effects
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy* / methods
Female
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / physiopathology
Heart Failure* / therapy
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Long Term Adverse Effects* / diagnosis
Long Term Adverse Effects* / etiology
Long Term Adverse Effects* / mortality
Long Term Adverse Effects* / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Function, Left
Ventricular Remodeling*