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ReviewOchsner journal2014

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: history, present status, and future directions.

Leeor M Jaffe, Daniel P Morin

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Review in Ochsner journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Outcomes of Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing in Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026
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  6. Transition to Advanced Heart Failure: From Identification to Improving Prognosis.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Leeor M JaffeJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Daniel P MorinJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA ; The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most exciting recent advancements in heart failure (HF) treatment.

methodsThis review surveys the available literature regarding the effectiveness of CRT in treating patients with HF.

resultsBy targeting ventricular dyssynchrony, CRT attempts to give the failing heart a mechanical advantage that can substantially improve both symptoms and mortality.

conclusionCRT results in short-term and long-term improvement in cardiac structure and function, often leading to enhanced quality of life and, for some patients, enhanced survival.

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Cardiac electrophysiologycardiac resynchronization therapyheart failuremyocardial infarction

Identifiers

PMID25598725
PMCPMC4295737

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