Impact of the right ventricular lead position on clinical outcome and on the incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with CRT-D

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1770-1777

  Kutyifa, Valentina ^a,b,c   Bloch Thomsen, Poul Erik ^d   Huang, David T ^a   Rosero, Spencer ^a   Tompkins, Christine ^a   Jons, Christian ^e   McNitt, Scott ^a   Polonsky, Bronislava ^a   Shah, Amil ^c   Merkely, Bela ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^c   Moss, Arthur J ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Clinical outcome; Echocardiography; Nonapical RV lead position; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD;

A; ATRIAL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY WITH DEFIBRILLATOR; CI; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRT; CRT-D; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HF; HR; ICD; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; LAV; LBBB; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR END-DIASTOLIC VOLUME; LEFT VENTRICULAR END-SYSTOLIC VOLUME; LV; LVEDV; LVEF; LVESV; MADIT-CRT; MULTICENTER AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION TRIAL-CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; NONAPICAL RV LEAD POSITION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT; RV; RVOT; V; VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VF; VT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889880120     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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