Predictive factors and clinical effect of optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy

  • Authors:
    • Guo-Jun Xu
    • Tian-Yi Gan
    • Bao-Peng Tang
    • Yi-Tong Ma
    • Yu Zhang
    • Jin-Xin Li
    • Yan‑Yi Zhang
    • Jiang Wang
    • Qi Tang
    • Chun-Mei Wang
    • Yao-Dong Li
    • Jiang-Hua Zhang
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  • Published online on: November 6, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.802
  • Pages: 355-361
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) by intracardiac delay optimization using echocardiography. Sixty-five patients were implanted with a CRT device randomly assigned to receive simultaneous biventricular pacing or echo-optimized sequential CRT. Forty-two patients were defined as responders and 23 patients were classified as non-responders. During a 12-month follow-up period, the positive response rate, QRS duration, New York Heart Association class, mitral insufficiency grade, left ventricular end-systolic volume and LV end-diastolic volume were similar in the optimized and non-optimized groups (P>0.05), whereas 6-minute walking distance, quality-of-life score, left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and aortic velocity time integral were significantly improved in the optimized group (P<0.05). The baseline QRS durations of the responders and non-responders were similar (P>0.05), whereas heart failure aetiology, clinical and echocardiographic measurements showed significant differences (P<0.05). The mean decrease in QRS duration after 12 months of CRT used for separating responders and non-responders was significantly different (P<0.05), and significant differences were observed in the mean decrease of QRS duration between responders and non-responders (P<0.05). Echocardiographic optimization may further improve the effectiveness of CRT. Moreover, severe mitral regurgitation and greater LV volume are likely to indicate a poor response to CRT.
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Xu G, Gan T, Tang B, Ma Y, Zhang Y, Li J, Zhang YY, Wang J, Tang Q, Wang C, Wang C, et al: Predictive factors and clinical effect of optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy. Exp Ther Med 5: 355-361, 2013
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Xu, G., Gan, T., Tang, B., Ma, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, J. ... Zhang, J. (2013). Predictive factors and clinical effect of optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 5, 355-361. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.802
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Xu, G., Gan, T., Tang, B., Ma, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Tang, Q., Wang, C., Li, Y., Zhang, J."Predictive factors and clinical effect of optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 5.1 (2013): 355-361.
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Xu, G., Gan, T., Tang, B., Ma, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Tang, Q., Wang, C., Li, Y., Zhang, J."Predictive factors and clinical effect of optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 5, no. 1 (2013): 355-361. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.802