Individually tailored left ventricular lead placement: lessons from multimodality integration between three-dimensional echocardiography and coronary sinus angiogram | Zendy

Michael Döring | Zendy; Frieder Braunschweig | Zendy; Charlotte Eitel | Zendy; Thomas Gaspar | Zendy; Ulrike Wetzel | Zendy; Bettiitsche | Zendy; Gerhard Hindricks | Zendy; Christopher Piorkowski | Zendy

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Individually tailored left ventricular lead placement: lessons from multimodality integration between three-dimensional echocardiography and coronary sinus angiogram

Author(s) -

Michael Döring,

Frieder Braunschweig,

Charlotte Eitel,

Thomas Gaspar,

Ulrike Wetzel,

Bettiitsche,

Gerhard Hindricks,

Christopher Piorkowski

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus396

Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , lead (geology) , radiology , coronary vein , heart failure , ejection fraction , geomorphology , geology

Non-responder rates for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) vary from 11% to 46%. Retrospective data imply a better outcome with stimulation of the latest contracting left ventricular (LV) region. Our study analysed the feasibility, safety and clinical outcome of prospectively planned LV lead placement at the site of latest mechanical activation.

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