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Echocardiographic prediction of outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy: conventional methods and recent developments

Authors: Geert E. Leenders, Maarten J. Cramer, Margot D. Bogaard, Mathias Meine, Pieter A. Doevendans, Bart W. De Boeck

Published in: Heart Failure Reviews | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

Echocardiography plays an important role in patient assessment before cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and can monitor many of its mechanical effects in heart failure patients. Encouraged by the highly variable individual response observed in the major CRT trials, echocardiography-based measurements of mechanical dyssynchrony have been extensively investigated with the aim of improving response prediction and CRT delivery. Despite recent setbacks, these techniques have continued to develop in order to overcome some of their initial flaws and limitations. This review discusses the concepts and rationale of the available echocardiographic techniques, highlighting newer quantification methods and discussing some of the unsolved issues that need to be addressed.

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Title: Echocardiographic prediction of outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy: conventional methods and recent developments
Authors: Geert E. Leenders
Maarten J. Cramer
Margot D. Bogaard
Mathias Meine
Pieter A. Doevendans
Bart W. De Boeck
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Heart Failure Reviews / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1382-4147
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-010-9200-8

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