Dyssynchrony and the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias
Author(s) -
Valentina Kutyifa,
AnneCatherine Pouleur,
Dorit Knappe,
Amin AlAhmad,
Michał Gibiński,
Paul J. Wang,
Scott McNitt,
Béla Merkely,
Ilan Goldenberg,
Scott D. Solomon,
Arthur J. Moss,
Wojciech Zaręba
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.12.008
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac resynchronization therapy , hazard ratio , left bundle branch block , ventricular dyssynchrony , heart failure , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , bundle branch block , confidence interval , electrocardiography , ejection fraction
The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and the risk of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) in patients enrolled in the MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) trial.
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