title: Response to the letter regarding article "Metabolic syndrome is associated with different clinical outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy".
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester Medical Center, United States,. barbara.szepietowska@heart.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szepietowska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zareba
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology