title: Pacing in heart failure: the benefit of resynchronization.
abstract: Cardiac resynchronization therapy involves pacing of the left ventricle alone or in concert with the right ventricle within a certain range of atrioventricular delay. It may help patients with systolic heart failure and conduction disturbances by optimizing myocardial performance.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Cleveland Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors: Yaariv
authors: Y
authors: Khaykin
authors: Eduardo B
authors: EB
authors: Saad
authors: Bruce L
authors: BL
authors: Wilkoff
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy