Open AccessAssociation Between Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Preimplantation Screening and the Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Author(s) -
Ran Jing,
Han Jin,
Wei Hua,
Shengwen Yang,
Yiran Hu,
Shu Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
korean circulation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1738-5555
pISSN - 1738-5520
DOI - 10.4070/kcj.2019.0420
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , qrs complex , cardiology , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , heart failure , ejection fraction
Preimplantation QRS-T morphology screening (TMS) is a composite tool for selecting subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) candidates. However, its role in predicting the patient's response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is uncertain.