PMID: 11933553Apr 6, 2002Paper

MUSTIC trial

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
Serge CazeauGroupe des investigateurs MUSTIC

Abstract

The atrio-bi-ventricular pacing has been used for hemodynamic improvement since 1994, and the MUSTIC trial is the first controlled study assessing this concept. It collected 67 patients with severe and stable heart failure with optimised medical therapy, with sinus rhythm and without any traditional indication for pacing. After two periods of three months with blinded randomisation and cross-over, the bi-ventricular pacing mode showed its superiority to the inactive mode concerning all study endpoints, for example with an improvement of the functional capacity of 23% assessed by the 6-minutes-walk test. Thus the MUSTIC trial opens up the way for morbidity and mortality studies.

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmias are abnormalities in heart rhythms, which can be either too fast or too slow. They can result from abnormalities of the initiation of an impulse or impulse conduction or a combination of both. Here is the latest research on arrhythmias.

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly due to stroke and thromboembolism. Here is the latest research.

Related Papers

Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Serge CazeauP Ritter
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved