All patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction defect or dyssynchrony should not receive cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Greenberg
Barry
B
Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation Program, University of California, San Diego, 200 W Arbor St, San Diego, CA 92103-8411, USA. bgreenberg@ucsd.edu
Mehra
Mandeep R
MR
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors