Journal article
Urgent cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with decompensated chronic heart failure receiving inotropic therapy. A case series
Cardiology, Vol.106(1), pp.59-62
2006
DOI: 10.1159/000092616
PMID: 16612071
Abstract
It remains unknown whether patients with severe decompensated class IV heart failure (HF) receiving intravenous inotropic treatment benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
We identified patients who underwent urgent CRT implantation due to decompensated class IV HF necessitating intravenous inotropic therapy.
Of 10 patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy (median QRS duration of 170 ms), CRT implantation was associated with symptomatic improvement in 8 patients. The mortality rate was 50% during a median follow-up of 9.5 months, with a median CRT-to-death duration of 6 months.
CRT was feasible among class IV patients receiving inotropic treatment and was associated with clinical improvement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Urgent cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with decompensated chronic heart failure receiving inotropic therapy. A case series
- Creators
- Yuval Konstantino - Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah-Tikva, IsraelZaza IakobishviliOrna AradTuvia Ben-GalJairo KusniecAlexander MazurAvital PorterBoris StrasbergAlexander BattlerDavid Hasdai
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cardiology, Vol.106(1), pp.59-62
- DOI
- 10.1159/000092616
- PMID
- 16612071
- ISSN
- 0008-6312
- eISSN
- 1421-9751
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094362602771
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