title: Scar burden assessed by Selvester QRS score predicts prognosis, not CRT clinical benefit in preventing heart failure event and death: A MADIT-CRT sub-study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wieslander
authors.affiliation: Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD. Electronic address: zak.loring@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Zak
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Loring
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zareba
authors.affiliation: The Heart Research Follow-Up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNitt
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Galen S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Electrophysiology Section/Cardiology Division, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Daubert
authors.affiliation: Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D058409:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Myocardial scar; Prognosis; Selvester QRS scoring