Long term outcomes in patients with chronic right ventricular pacing upgraded to cardiac resynchronization therapy.

John Jack RickardEiran Z GorodeskiDivyang R PatelAyman HusseinLaurie Anne MoennichDaniel CantillonKevin TrulockSaleem ToroMark NiebauerNiraj VarmaBruce L Wilkoff

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)

Despite achieving similar levels of LVEF improvement, patients with systolic heart failure with chronic RVP undergoing upgrade to CRT have inferior long term outcomes compared with patients with native LBBB. Long term outcomes with CRT in patients with chronic RVP, RBBB, and IVCD are similar.

Keyphrases

cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
left ventricular
blood pressure
acute heart failure
atrial fibrillation