Comparison of De Novo versus Upgrade Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; Focused on the Upgrade for Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy.

CONCLUSION: The upgrade CRT for PiCM patients showed better performance in terms of electro-mechanical reverse remodeling than de novo implantation or upgrade CRT in non-PiCM patients.
PMID: 28540981 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - May 27, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Gwag HB, Chun KJ, Hwang JK, Park KM, On YK, Kim JS, Park SJ Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research