Benefits of upgrading right ventricular to biventricular pacing in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation.

Bela Merkely Robert Hatala Eperke Dóra Merkel Mátyás Szigeti Boglárka Veres Alexandra Fábián István OsztheimerLászló GellérMichal Sasov Jerzy Krzysztof Wranicz Csaba Földesi Gábor Zoltán Duray Scott D Solomon Valentina Kutyifa Attila Kovács Annamária Kosztin

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)

In HFrEF patients with AF and PM/ICD with high RV pacing burden, CRT-D upgrade decreased the risk of HFH and improved reverse remodelling when compared with ICD, similar to that seen in patients in SR.

Keyphrases

cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
left ventricular
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
mycobacterium tuberculosis
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation
prognostic factors
air pollution
patient reported outcomes
risk factors
risk assessment