Right Ventricular Function Is a Determinant of Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 706 - 713
• Main Authors: Sade, Leyla Elif, MD, Özin, Bülent, MD, Atar, Ilyas, MD, Demir, Özlem, MD, Demirtaş, Saadet, MD, Müderrisoğlu, Haldun, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Area Under Curve; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; Cardiovascular; Chi-Square Distribution; Echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Resynchronization therapy; Right ventricle; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Survival; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - mortality; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - therapy; Interventricular mechanical delay; CRT; RV; Left ventricular; Two-dimensional; Resynchronization therapy; LV; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; 2D; Cardiac Resynchronization–Heart Failure; Predictors of Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; EF; Echocardiography; Right ventricle; IVMD; ESV; CMR; CARE-HF; TAPSE; Survival; PROSPECT; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; Right ventricular; End-systolic volume; Ejection fraction

Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a marker of poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of RV function on the long-term outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods A total of 120 consecutive...