Left ventricular contractile reserve by stress echocardiography as a predictor of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Quirino CiampiClara CarpeggianiClaudio MichelassiBruno VillariEugenio PicanoPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2017)
The presence of LVCR during SE with either dobutamine or exercise is associated with a greater chance of response to CRT. This parameter is now ready to be tested in a prospective multicenter trial to select patients more likely to benefit from CRT.
Keyphrases
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- end stage renal disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- physical activity
- phase iii
- skeletal muscle
- study protocol
- clinical trial
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery disease
- high intensity
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- body composition
- phase ii
- cross sectional