European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 9, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(5):684-685; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn005
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Impact of left ventricular lead position in cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular remodelling: a circumferential strain analysis based on 2D echocardiography: reply
Department of Cardiology
Medical Clinic I
University Hospital
RWTH University Aachen
Pauwelsstr. 30
52057 Aachen
Germany
Email: mibecker@ukaachen.de
Department of Cardiology
Medical Clinic I
University Hospital
RWTH University Aachen
Pauwelsstr. 30
52057 Aachen
Germany
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We read with great interest the letter by Ze-Zhou Song,1 which raises some important questions with respect to optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Ze-Zhou Song stated that current lead implantation strategies are mainly guided by anatomic and not by