title: [CRT in atrial fibrillation--methodical and apparatus options in decision-making].
abstract: Heart failure and atrial fibrillation often coexist, especially with increasing degree of heart failure severity. Under this constellation, the advantage of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is still under discussion and displayed as an unresolved problem in the guidelines for cardiac stimulation and resynchronization. If ventricular desynchronization can be documented and response to CRT can be expected, the challenge is to interoperatively seek the best left ventricular electrode position and to postoperatively optimize the device in order to achieve the best therapy performance. This situation encourages the development of individualized methods and to utilize innovative apparatus features in order to consolidate individual decisions and to optimize CRT in heart failure with atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin, Abteilung Kardiologie, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 6, 100888, 18057, Rostock, Germany. bruno.ismer@med.uni-rostock.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ismer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Körber
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: von Knorre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heinke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Werwick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melzer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butter
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nienaber
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*