Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization inside a heart failure programme: a real-world experience.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study sought to describe and evaluate the impact of a routine in-hospital cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) programme, including comprehensive heart failure (HF) evaluation and systematic echo-guided CRT optimization.

Methods and results

CRT implanted patients were referred for optimization programme at 3 to 12 months from implantation. The program included clinical and biological status, standardized screening for potential cause of CRT non-response and systematic echo-guided atrioventricular and interventricular delays (AVd and VVd) optimization. Initial CRT-response and improvement at 6 months post-optimization were assessed with a clinical composite score (CCS). Major HF events were tracked during 1 year after optimization. A total of 227 patients were re

SUBMITTER: Moulin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9715781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature