title: [Cardiac resynchronization: past, present and future].
abstract: Growing interest in dyssynchrony and cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) has opened the way for new hemodynamic indications of cardiac stimulation. French investigators have played a key role in the formulation of new concepts based on clinical observation, as well as the development of resynchronisation devices in collaboration with industry, and their clinical evaluation. This review summarizes recent knowledge and perspectives pertaining to atrial, atrioventricular (AV) and ventricular dyssynchrony and resynchronisation. Some of these concepts have been validated by robust clinical evidence, on which scientific recommendations have been based. Others have been less successful but probably merit further attention.
authors.affiliation: Cardiologie et maladies vasculaires, Centre cardio-pneumologique, Hôpital Pontchaillou--CHU Rennes 35033. jean-claude.daubert@chu-rennes.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Daubert
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mabo
mesh_terms: D001919:Bradycardia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D058409:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans