title: Cardiac resynchronization therapy: an updateimpaired left ventricular systolic function.
abstract: Cardiac resynchronization therapy has been shown to reduce hospitalization and mortality, and to improve heart failure symptoms, in patients with systolic dysfunction and ventricular dyssynchrony. We review the current guidelines for cardiac resynchronization therapy, the underlying evidence, the latest developments in the field and directions of future research.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Al-Sabah Arrhythmia Institute, St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Garikipati
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic