Radiofrequency ablation of premature ventricular ectopy improves the efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in nonresponders

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1531-1539

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^b,c,d   Ryschon, Kay ^a   Biria, Mazda ^a   Swarup, Vijay ^e   Reddy, Yeruva Madhu ^a   Verma, Atul ^f   Bommana, Sudharani ^a   Burkhardt, David ^b   Dendi, Raghuveer ^a   Dello Russo, Antonio ^g   Casella, Michela ^g   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^g   Tondo, Claudio ^g   Dawn, Buddhadeb ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e Arizona Heart Rhythm Center   (United States)

^f SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; premature ventricular contraction; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84867397463     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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