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Last Ditch CRT: Right Is Not Always Wrong!
Author(s) -
SHINDE RITUPARNA S.,
LOKHANDWALA YASH,
SATHE SUNIL V.,
MAKHALE CHANDRASHEKAR N.,
GRANT PURVEZ K.,
DURAIRAJ MANUEL
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01213.x
Subject(s) - medicine , right bundle branch block , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , contraindication , heart failure , electrocardiography , ejection fraction , alternative medicine , pathology
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become the mainstay of refractory heart failure treatment. Usually the patients having right bundle branch block (RBBB) on electrocardiogram are considered as relative contraindication as there is no or minimal dyssynchrony in them. We present a case where CRT was put in as last resort in a patient with RBBB and was successful. Short literature review is done on the CRT implantation in patients with RBBB .