ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2017
Left bundle-branch block contraction patterns identified from radial-strain analysis predicts outcomes following cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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- Assessment of myocardial strain patterns in patients with left bundle branch block using cardiac magnetic resonance.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024Article
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- Left Ventricular "Longitudinal Rotation" and Conduction Abnormalities-A New Outlook on Dyssynchrony.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Prognostic value of reverse remodelling criteria in heart failure with reduced or mid-range ejection fraction.ESC heart failure · 2021Article
- Advances in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2019Review
- Comparison of strain imaging techniques in CRT candidates: CMR tagging, CMR feature tracking and speckle tracking echocardiography.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2018Article
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Abstract
A left bundle-branch block (LBBB) contraction pattern identified from longitudinal-strain analysis predicts outcomes following cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We investigated the use of an LBBB-contraction pattern identified from radial- or circumferential-strain analysis in the prediction of CRT benefits. Eighty CRT candidates were prospectively enrolled. Before CRT implantation, speckle-tracking analyses in three deformation directions were performed to determine whether an LBBB-contraction pattern was present. The study endpoints were reverse remodeling at 6 months, and adverse outcomes including death or heart failure hospitalization. At 6 months, 49 (61%) patients had reverse remodeling. An LBBB-contraction pattern identified from the radial strain in the mid-ventricular short-axis view or longitudinal strain in the four-chamber view provided excellent true-positive (86%) and false-negative (8%) rates for predicting reverse remodeling. During a median follow-up of 30 months, 31 patients (39%) had adverse outcomes. Absence of an LBBB-contraction pattern in radial (hazard ratio 3.74; 95% confidence interval 1.83-7.62) or longitudinal strain (hazard ratio 3.49; 95% confidence interval 1.71-7.13) was significantly associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Adding the LBBB-pattern assessment by radial-(model χ
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