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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on March 24, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(11):1054-1055; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi246
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How to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Jeroen J. Bax* and Martin J. Schalij

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 71 5262020; fax: +31 71 5266809. E-mail address: jbax@knoware.nl

This editorial refers to ‘Clinical and electrocardiographic predictors of a positive response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in advanced heart failure’ by G. Lecoq et al.,{dagger} on page 1094

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is considered a major breakthrough in the treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure.1 Initial studies demonstrated an acute improvement in haemodynamics immediately after CRT, whereas a large number of studies with mid-term follow-up (6 months to 1 year) demonstrated an improvement in heart failure symptoms, quality-of-life score, exercise capacity, and left ventricular (LV) systolic performance.1 In addition, Bradley et al.2 demonstrated in a meta-analysis, a reduced risk for heart failure death at mid-term (6 months) follow-up in patients undergoing CRT when compared with optimized medical therapy. Moreover, studies with long-term follow-up now demonstrate sustained improvement over . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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