title: Cardiac resynchronization therapy improved heart failure after left bundle branch block during transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
abstract: After transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a 75-year-old male, chronic wide left bundle branch block (LBBB) developed. He experienced repeated episodes of decompensated systolic heart failure with severe systolic left ventricular dysfunction. After cardiac resynchronization therapy, his heart function improved substantially and he had no further admissions for heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy can be effective in systolic heart failure associated with LBBB developing after TAVI.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Val-de-Marne University, 51 Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Creteil, France. meguro@med.email.ne.jp
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lellouche
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teiger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome