Description:
This volume discusses a novel therapy for traditional heart failure treatment and provides criteria for identifying patients likely to have an optimal and sustained response to it. Topics range from the background and evolution of the technique to the current implementation and the impact of possible complications. It describes Doppler echocardiography for assessing dyssynchrony, reverse remodeling, and triaging patients into those with greatest likelihood of responding to CRT. The book examines the results of randomized clinical trials and discusses concomitant internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD), atrial fibrillation, right bundle branch block, left ventricular lead placement, and the etiology of heart failure.