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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

The Interplay of PR Interval and AV Pacing Delays Used for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: Association with Clinical Response in a Retrospective Analysis of a Large Observational Study.

Maurizio Gasparini, Mauro Biffi, Maurizio Landolina, Giuseppe Cattafi, Roberto Rordorf, Giovanni Luca Botto, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Giovanni Morani, Luca Santini, Antonio Dello Russo and 5 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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15 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Maurizio GaspariniElectrophysiology and Pacing Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, IRCCS, 20089 Rozzano, Italy.
Mauro BiffiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4590-8584
Maurizio LandolinaCardiology Department, Maggiore Hospital, 26013 Crema, Italy.
Giuseppe CattafiNiguarda Hospital, 20162 Milano, Italy.
Roberto RordorfCardiology Department, Policlinico San Matteo Pavia Fondazione, IRCCS, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4111-1690
Giovanni Luca BottoCardiology Department, Ospedale di Rho, 20017 Rho, Italy.
Giovanni Battista ForleoCardiology Department, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, 20157 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8895-8915
Giovanni MoraniCardiology Department, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Luca SantiniCardiology Department, Ospedale G.B. Grassi, 00122 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9048-2039
Antonio Dello RussoCardiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Antonio RossilloCardiology Department, San Bortolo Hospital, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
Sarah MeloniMedtronic Core Clinical Solutions, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Andrea GrammaticoMedtronic Core Clinical Solutions, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Marco VitoloCardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Modena University Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy.
Giuseppe BorianiCardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Modena University Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9820-4815
Medtronic (Italy) · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Maggiore · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda · ITCentro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale · ITIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITLuigi Sacco Hospital · ITOspedale San Bortolo · ITOspedali Riuniti di Ancona · ITPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a treatment for heart failure (HF) patients with prolonged QRS and impaired left ventricular (LV) systolic function. We aim to evaluate how the baseline PR interval is associated with outcomes (all-cause death or HF hospitalizations) and LV reverse remodeling (>15% relative reduction in LV end-systolic volume). Methods. Among 2224 patients with CRT defibrillators, 1718 (77.2%) had a device programmed at out-of-the-box settings (sensed AV delay: 100 ms and paced AV delay: 130 ms). Results. In this cohort of 1718 patients (78.7% men, mean age 66 years, 71.6% in NYHA class III/IV, LVEF = 27 ± 6%), echocardiographic assessment at 6-month follow-up showed that LV reverse remodeling was not constant as a function of the PR interval; in detail, it occurred in 56.4% of all patients but was more frequent (76.6%) in patients with a PR interval of 160 ms. In a median follow-up of 20 months, the endpoint of death or HF hospitalizations occurred in 304/1718 (17.7%) patients; in the multivariable regression analysis it was significantly less frequent when the PR interval was between 150 and 170 ms (hazard ratio = 0.79, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.63−0.99, p = 0.046). The same PR range was associated with higher probability of CRT response (odds ratio = 2.51, 95% CI: 1.41−4.47, p = 0.002). Conclusions. In a large population of CRT patients, with fixed AV pacing delays, specific PR intervals are associated with significant benefits in terms of LV reverse remodeling and lower morbidity. These observational data suggest the importance of optimizing pacing programming as a function of the PR interval to maximize CRT response and patient outcome.

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