Should the left ventricular pacing lead be positioned at the site of latest mechanical activation in cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-538

  Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349138238     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01388.x     Document Type: Note

References (19)

1. Abraham WT, Fisher WG, Smith AL, DeLurgio DB, Leon AR, Loh E, Kocovic DZ, Packer M, Clavell AL, Hayes DL, Ellestad M, Trupp RJ, Underwood J, Pickering F, Truex C, McAtee P, Messenger J : Cardiac resynchronization in chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 2002 346 : 1845 1853.
2. St John Sutton MG, Plappert T, Abraham WT, Smith AL, DeLurgio DB, Leon AR, Loh E, Kocovic DZ, Fisher WG, Ellestad M, Messenger J, Kruger K, Hilpisch KE, Hill MR : Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular size and function in chronic heart failure. Circulation 2003 107 : 1985 1990.
3. Cazeau S, Leclercq C, Lavergne T, Walker S, Varma C, Linde C, Garrigue S, Kappenberger L, Haywood GA, Santini M, Bailleul C, Daubert JC : Effects of multisite biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay. N Engl J Med 2001 344 : 873 880.
4. Bristow MR, Saxon LA, Boehmer J, Krueger S, Kass DA, De Marco T, Carson P, DiCarlo L, DeMets D, White BG, DeVries DW, Feldman AM : Cardiac- resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 2004 350 : 2140 2150.
5. Cleland JG, Daubert JC, Erdmann E, Freemantle N, Gras D, Kappenberger L, Tavazzi L : The effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality in heart failure. N Engl J Med 2005 352 : 1539 1549.
6. Bax JJ, Bleeker GB, Marwick TH, Molhoek SG, Boersma E, Steendijk P, Van Der Wall EE, Schalij MJ : Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts response and prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 44 : 1834 1840.
7. Yu CM, Chau E, Sanderson JE, Fan K, Tang MO, Fung WH, Lin H, Kong SL, Lam YM, Hill MR, Lau CP : Tissue Doppler echocardiographic evidence of reverse remodeling and improved synchronicity by simultaneously delaying regional contraction after biventricular pacing therapy in heart failure. Circulation 2002 105 : 438 445.
8. Bleeker GB, Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Boersma E, Steendijk P, de Roos A, Van Der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ : Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Circulation 2006 113 : 969 976.
9. Adelstein EC, Saba S. Scar burden by myocardial perfusion imaging predicts echocardiographic response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 2007 153 : 105 112.
10. Butter C, Auricchio A, Stellbrink C, Fleck E, Ding J, Yu Y, Huvelle E, Spinelli J : Effect of resynchronization therapy stimulation site on the systolic function of heart failure patients. Circulation 2001 104 : 3026 3029.
11. Rossillo A, Verma A, Saad EB, Corrado A, Gasparini G, Marrouche NF, Golshayan AR, McCurdy R, Bhargava M, Khaykin Y, Burkhardt JD, Martin DO, Wilkoff BL, Saliba WI, Schweikert RA, Raviele A, Natale A : Impact of coronary sinus lead position on biventricular pacing: Mortality and echocardiographic evaluation during long-term follow-up. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004 15 : 1120 1125.
12. Ansalone G, Giannantoni P, Ricci R, Trambaiolo P, Fedele F, Santini M : Doppler myocardial imaging to evaluate the effectiveness of pacing sites in patients receiving biventricular pacing. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 39 : 489 499.
13. Murphy RT, Sigurdsson G, Mulamalla S, Agler D, Popovic ZB, Starling RC, Wilkoff BL, Thomas JD, Grimm RA : Tissue synchronization imaging and optimal left ventricular pacing site in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Am J Cardiol 2006 97 : 1615 1621.
14. Becker M, Kramann R, Franke A, Breithardt OA, Heussen N, Knackstedt C, Stellbrink C, Schauerte P, Kelm M, Hoffmann R : Impact of left ventricular lead position in cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular remodelling. A circumferential strain analysis based on 2D echocardiography. Eur Heart J 2007 28 : 1211 1220.
15. Suffoletto MS, Dohi K, Cannesson M, Saba S, Gorcsan J III. : Novel speckle-tracking radial strain from routine black-and-white echocardiographic images to quantify dyssynchrony and predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Circulation 2006 113 : 960 968.
16. Delgado V, Ypenburg C, van Bommel RJ, Tops LF, Mollema SA, Marsan NA, Bleeker GB, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ : Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony by speckle tracking strain imaging comparison between longitudinal, circumferential, and radial strain in cardiac resynchronization therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 51 : 1944 1952.
17. Fung JW, Lam YY, Zhang Q, Yip GW, Chan WW, Chan GC, Chan JY, Yu CM : Effect of left ventricular lead concordance to the delayed contraction segment on echocardiographic and clinical outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2008 C, van Bommel RJ, Delgado V, Mollema SA, Bleeker GB, Boersma E, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ : Optimal left ventricular lead position predicts reverse remodeling and survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 52 : 1402 1409.
18. Chung ES, Leon AR, Tavazzi L, Sun JP, Nihoyannopoulos P, Merlino J, Abraham WT, Ghio S, Leclercq C, Bax JJ, Yu CM, Gorcsan J III., St John Sutton M, De Sutter J, Murillo J : Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) trial. Circulation 2008 117 : 2608 2616.
19. Van de Veire NR, Marsan NA, Schuijf JD, Bleeker GB, Wijffels MC, van Erven L, Holman ER, De Sutter J, Van Der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ : Noninvasive imaging of cardiac venous anatomy with 64-slice multi-slice computed tomography and noninvasive assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony by 3-dimensional tissue synchronization imaging in patients with heart failure scheduled for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Am J Cardiol 2008 101 : 1023 1029.