RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Echo-Guided Left Ventricular Lead Placement Improves CRT Response
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 6
SP 7
OP 8
DO 10.1177/155989771206002
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/6/7.abstract
AB Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves mortality and morbidity in heart failure patients with depressed ejection fraction and wide QRS complex, but response varies, with about one third of CRT recipients failing to improve. The Speckle Tracking-Assisted Resynchronization Therapy for Electrode Region trial [STARTER] tested the hypothesis that echo-guided left ventricular (LV) lead placement that targets the site of latest LV mechanical activation is superior to routine positioning for CRT.