Left ventricular systolic and diastolic dyssynchrony to improve cardiac resynchronization therapy response in heart failure patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

ConclusionBoth systolic LVMD and diastolic LVMD from gated SPECT MPI have important predictive values for CRT response in DCM patients. Pacing at LV segments with both late contraction and late relaxation has potential to increase the CRT response.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research