Agreement Is Poor Among Current Criteria Used to Define Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

K. Fornwalt, Brandon; W. Sprague, William; E. BeDell, Patrick; D Suever, Jonathan; Gerritse, Bart; Merlino, John; A. Fyfe, Derek; R. León, Angel; N. Oshinski, John

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.910778

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Agreement Is Poor Among Current Criteria Used to Define Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Published in Circulation • Apr 27, 2010

Authors:

Brandon K. Fornwalt

William W. Sprague

Patrick E. BeDell

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Numerous criteria believed to define a positive response to cardiac resynchronization therapy have been used in the literature. No study has investigated agreement among these response criteria. We hypothesized that the agreement among the various response criteria would be poor. METHODS...

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy

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