RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Jacobson, Anne
T1 SMART-AV: No Benefit to Customized AV Delay in CRT
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2010
FD SAGE Publications
VO 10
IS 10
SP 17
OP 17
DO 10.1177/155989771010009
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/10/17.1.abstract
AB For heart failure patients who are undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy, echocardiographic- or ECG-based optimized AV delay does not improve upon standard programming approaches, according to new findings from the SmartDelay Determined AV Optimization: A Comparison to Other AV Delay Methods Used in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy [SMART-AV] trial.