Cardiac resynchronisation therapy is not associated with a reduction in mortality or heart failure hospitalisation in patients with non-left bundle branch block QRS morphology: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 101; no. 18; pp. 1456 - 1462
• Main Authors: Cunnington, Colin, Kwok, Chun Shing, Satchithananda, Duwarakan K, Patwala, Ashish, Khan, Muhammad A, Zaidi, Amir, Ahmed, Fozia Z, Mamas, Mamas A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Bundle-Branch Block - physiopathology; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy - mortality; Electrocardiography; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Meta-analysis; Morphology; Mortality; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Studies; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology

ObjectivesRecently published clinical guidelines recommend cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) for patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced LVEF and non-left bundle branch block (non-LBBB) QRS morphology. We sought to define the potential benefit of CRT in these patients through meta-analys...