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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

Vectorcardiography in CRT: What We Know and What There Is to Learn.

Muhammet Dural, Frederieke Eerenberg, Karin C Smits, Uyên Châu Nguyên, Kevin Vernooy, Antonius M W van Stipdonk

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Muhammet DuralDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Frederieke EerenbergDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0008-3500-549X
Karin C SmitsDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6352-5769
Uyên Châu NguyênDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4836-2946
Kevin VernooyDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8818-5964
Antonius M W van StipdonkDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vectorcardiography (VCG) is an electrophysiological investigation technique, giving supplementary information about the electrical activation of the heart, compared to traditional 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG). Whereas the 12-lead ECG has found its way into global clinical cardiology practice in numerous cardiac pathophysiological instances, VCG has not. In an investigation of the electrical activation of the heart in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), in order to understand the baseline pathology in potentially eligible patients, and to understand and optimize CRT-derived paced activation of the heart in the therapy's recipients, all of these aspects are essential to the success of the therapy. Due to a consistently present group of non-responders in CRT, VCG has gained interest as a potential improvement in this field. This review comprehensively summarizes the contemporary evidence for the additional value of VCG in CRT, as well as current deficiencies in evidence, to support its implementation in global practice in addition to, or as a substitution for, traditional 12-lead ECG.

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cardiac resynchronization therapyheart failureQRS areaT-wave areavectorcardiography

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PMID40422948
PMCPMC12112319

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