Bleeker Gabe B, Bax Jeroen J, Fung Jeffrey Wing-Hong, van der Wall Ernst E, Zhang Qing, Schalij Martin J, Chan Joseph Yat-Sun, Yu Cheuk-Man
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Am J Cardiol. 2006 Jan 15;97(2):260-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.030. Epub 2005 Nov 28.
Currently, a clear definition of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is still lacking, and clinical and echocardiographic end points are used. It is also unclear whether patients with clinical responses also improve in echocardiographic end points (and vice versa). To better understand and define response to CRT, the relation between improvement in clinical and echocardiographic parameters was evaluated in 144 patients.
目前,对于心脏再同步治疗(CRT)反应的明确定义仍然缺乏,临床和超声心动图终点被采用。临床有反应的患者在超声心动图终点方面是否也有所改善(反之亦然)也不清楚。为了更好地理解和定义对CRT的反应,在144例患者中评估了临床参数和超声心动图参数改善之间的关系。