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Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac dyssynchrony: Does it still matter?
Author(s) -
Mele Donato,
Luisi Giovanni Andrea,
Malagù Michele,
Laterza Anna,
Ferrari Roberto,
Bertini Matteo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13902
Subject(s) - cardiac resynchronization therapy , ventricular dyssynchrony , cardiology , medicine , heart failure , ejection fraction
Cardiac resynchronization therapy ( CRT ) is an established treatment for patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. For many years, cardiac mechanical dyssynchrony assessed by echocardiography has been considered as a key evaluation to characterize CRT candidates and predict CRT response. In current guidelines, however, CRT implant indications rely only on electrical dyssynchrony. The aim of this article was to clarify whether and how the evaluation of cardiac mechanical dyssynchrony should be performed today by echocardiography.