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ReviewThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2010

Recent advances in cardiac resynchronization therapy: echocardiographic modalities, patient selection, optimization, non-responders--all you need to know for more efficient CRT.

Harry Pavlopoulos, Petros Nihoyannopoulos

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Review in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Normality index of ventricular contraction based on a statistical model from FADS.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2013
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  4. Cardiovascular imaging 2010 in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2011
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  5. Evidence of scar tissue: contra-indication to cardiac resynchronization therapy?The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2011
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  6. Cardiac resynchronization therapy; the importance of evaluating cardiac metabolism.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2010
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  7. Echocardiography as a guidance in CRT management: the GPS system in a labyrinth?The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2010
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  8. Cardiac resynchronization therapy; evaluation by advanced imaging techniques.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Harry PavlopoulosCardiology Department, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. drpavlo@yahoo.com
Petros Nihoyannopoulos

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) constitutes an established way of treatment for patients suffering from severe heart failure. However, this technologically based and expensive mode of therapy may not be effective for a substantial number of individuals. Recent research and advanced echocardiographic modalities have provided new insight on the proper patient selection, lead implantation, optimization and reasons for non-response. Based on this evidence, an overall assessment of parameters that appear to contribute significantly to the outcome of CRT in addition to electrical or mechanical dyssynchrony, seems to be a reasonable approach for more effective resynchronization therapy.

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Cardiac Pacing, ArtificialEchocardiography, DopplerPatient SelectionEquipment DesignEvidence-Based MedicineHeart Conduction SystemHeart FailureHumansPacemaker, ArtificialPractice Guidelines as TopicPredictive Value of TestsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, Left

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