Acute Hemodynamic Effects of Biventricular Pacing After Left Ventricular Assist Device

Despite cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), some patients with heart failure progress and undergo left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Management of CRT following LVAD has not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to determine whether RV pacing or biventricular pacing measurably impacts acute hemodynamics in patients with an LVAD and CRT device.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - September 21, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Joanna M. Joly, Deepak Acharya, Harish Doppalapudi, G. Neal Kay, Chee Paul Lin, William R. Maddox, H. Thomas McElderry, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Vance J. Plumb, Indranee N. Rajapreyar, Jos é A. Tallaj, Takumi Yamada, Vineet Kumar Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research