title: [Right ventricular apical versus right ventricular outflow tract pacing: impact on left ventricular synchronization].
abstract: Objective To compare the impact of right ventricular apical (RVA) versus right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) pacing on left ventricular systolic synchronization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients were prospectively recruited and randomized into RVA group (n=30) with the right ventricle leads placed in the RVA and RVOT group (n=30) with right ventricle leads placed in the septum of the RVOT. Speckle tracking imaging was performed with 100% ventricle pacing to measure the differences in the time to maximum left ventricle (LV) radial strain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In RVA group, the difference in the time to 6-segment maximum LV radial strain after pacing was 105.27 ± 19.74 ms, significantly greater than that in RVOT group (41.65 ± 12.17 ms, P<0.001). The standard difference of time to 6-segment maximum LV radial strain was also significantly greater in RVA group than in RVOT group (42.71 ± 17.63 vs 17.63 ± 5.62 ms, P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Left ventricle systolic synchronizaition after RVOT pacing is superior to RVA pacing.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital/Guangdong Academy of Medical Science, Guangzhou 510080, China.E-mail: chendongliqq@163.com.
authors.forename: Dongli
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jiaojiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Silin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chunying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Lie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qianhuan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Huiqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006321:Heart; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D013599:Systole