MANUAL INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAM METHOD IS ACCURATE ALTERNATIVE TO ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR ATRIOVENTRICULAR AND INTERVENTRICULAR OPTIMIZATION IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
MANUAL INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAM METHOD IS ACCURATE ALTERNATIVE TO ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR ATRIOVENTRICULAR AND INTERVENTRICULAR OPTIMIZATION IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
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DOI:
10.20471/acc.2017.56.04.06
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
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0.6
通讯作者:
Hanzevacki, Jadranka Separovic
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作者:
Nikolic, Borka Pezo;Lovric, Daniel;Hanzevacki, Jadranka Separovic
Some manufacturers do not provide automated intracardiac electrogram method (IEGM) systems for atrioventricular (AV) and interventricular (VV) delay optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of manual IEGM method in 48 patients previously implanted with Medtronic Syncra CRT. All patients underwent standard device interrogation followed by CRT optimization by IEGM method and by echocardiography one month after implantation. The patient mean age was 60.7 +/- 11.8 years and there were 33 (68.8%) males. After CRT implantation, the left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 28.0 +/- 7.9% to 39.1 +/- 11.0% (p