title: [Cardiac resynchronization therapy and arrhythmias].
abstract: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is now considered an established therapy for patients with chronic heart failure in the presence of a wide QRS complex. Though proarrhythmic effects have been described in a few cases, CRT did not increase the frequency of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in prospective studies. In patients on CRT therapy, persistent atrial fibrillation sometimes converts back to sinus rhythm, possibly dependent on the duration of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik Münster, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik C, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48129 Münster, Germany. bockerd@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Böcker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gradaus
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*