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ArticleWorld journal of cardiology2024

Left bundle branch area pacing: A new era of cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Carlo Alberto Caruzzo, Elia Rigamonti, Francesca Romana Scopigni

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Article in World journal of cardiology, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Left bundle branch area pacing or conventional cardiac resynchronization therapy: an Electrophysiology-guided tailored approach.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Carlo Alberto CaruzzoDepartment of Cardiology, Istituto Cardiocentro del Ticino, Lugano 6900, TI, Switzerland. carloalberto.caruzzo@gmail.com.
Elia RigamontiDepartment of Cardiology, Istituto Cardiocentro del Ticino, Lugano 6900, TI, Switzerland.
Francesca Romana ScopigniDepartment of Cardiology, Istituto Cardiocentro del Ticino, Lugano 6900, TI, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent systematic review and meta-analysis provided a comprehensive focus on the current state of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The authors determined the feasibility of physiological left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) in patients indicated for CRT through a careful analysis of trials. They found that LBBAP was associated with significant reductions in QRS duration, New York Heart Association functional class, B-type natriuretic peptide levels, and pacing thresholds as well as improvements in echocardiographic parameters compared to biventricular pacing.

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Biventricular pacingHeart failureLeft bundle branch pacingLeft ventricular ejection fractionQRS duration

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PMID39351338
PMCPMC11439098

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