What is the Lowest Value of Left Ventricular Baseline Ejection Fraction that Predicts Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?

Agir A. A., Celikyurt U., ŞAHİN T., Yilmaz I., KARAÜZÜM K., Bozyel S., ...Daha Fazla

MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, cilt.20, ss.1641-1646, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12659/msm.891036
  • Dergi Adı: MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1641-1646
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an effective treatment option for patients with refractory heart failure. However, many patients do not respond to therapy. Although it has been thought that there was no relation between response to CRT and baseline ejection fraction (EF), the response rate of patients with different baseline LVEF to CRT has not been evaluated in severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. We aimed to investigate any difference in response to CRT between the severe heart failure patients with different baseline LVEF.