Scar burden, not intraventricular conduction delay pattern, is associated with outcomes in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society
Evan C AdelsteinSamir Saba

Abstract

Patients with nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay (IVCD) benefit less from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) than patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB). The purpose of this study was to determine whether post-CRT outcome differences in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) relate to intrinsic QRS pattern and/or scar burden. We analyzed 393 consecutive ICM patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35%, QRS duration >120 ms, and LBBB or nonspecific IVCD who underwent single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and CRT-defibrillator implant. We compared scar burden; QRS duration; LVEF change; risk of death, transplant, or ventricular assist device; and risk of appropriate device shocks between LBBB and IVCD patients, using multivariable analyses to determine relative associations between QRS pattern vs scar burden and outcomes. Nonspecific IVCD is associated with greater scar burden and narrower baseline QRS duration than LBBB. IVCD patients demonstrated less QRS narrowing with CRT than LBBB patients, even when excluding IVCD patients with QRS duration <150 ms. LVEF improved less in patients with IVCD vs LBBB, but only scar burden not QRS morphology or durati...Continue Reading

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Jul 22, 2021·Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging·Alwin ZweerinkRobin Nijveldt

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