Effect of atrioventricular and ventriculoventricular delay optimization on clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy: A meta-analysis

Conclusion: The current literature suggests that routine AV and/or VV delay optimization has a neutral effect on clinical and echocardiographic outcomes based on pooled data from randomized and nonrandomized studies. Standardization of patient selection and optimization timing and method may help to further define the role of CRT device optimization.

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Source: American Heart Journal - May 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dominique Auger, Ulas Hoke, Jeroen J. Bax, Eric Boersma, Victoria Delgado Tags: Curriculum in Cardiology Source Type: research