RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 No Improvement with CRT in Patients with HF and QRS
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 15
SP 23
OP 24
DO 10.1177/155989771315013
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/15/23.abstract
AB Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is not currently recommended for heart failure (HF) patients with a QRS complex <120 msec, many such patients have evidence of mechanical dyssynchrony by echocardiography. The Echocardiography Guided Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy study [EchoCRT; Ruschitzka F et al. N Engl J Med 2013] was a prospective, multicenter, randomized, clinical trial designed to evaluate the effect of CRT on morbidity and mortality in patients with symptomatic HF, a QRS complex <130 msec, and evidence of mechanical dyssynchrony.