Interlead electrical delays and scar tissue: Response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Jasmine Borg TahriThomas Fritz HansenHanne Stavø StorkåsTrine Kiilerich LauridsenFlemming Javier OlsenAllan IversenTommi Bo LindhardtNiels Eske BruunPeter SøgaardNiels Risum

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)

RV-LV-IED was an independent marker of response in CRT patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy even in the presence of scar tissue and may be particularly useful in patients with QRS < 150 ms. CRT did not influence this measurement over time.

Keyphrases

cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
left ventricular
mycobacterium tuberculosis
mass spectrometry
ischemia reperfusion injury
multiple sclerosis
ms ms
cerebral ischemia
oxidative stress
blood brain barrier