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Filippatos G, Gold MR, Mullens W, Kusano K, Hersi AS, Birnie D, Gerritse B, Leclercq C. Clinical outcomes of the AdaptResponse trial - Authors' reply. Lancet 2024; 403:2484-2485. [PMID: 38851281 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00866-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Gerasimos Filippatos
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Athens 124 61, Greece.
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium; Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Medtronic Bakken Research Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Gold MR, Auricchio A, Leclercq C, Wold N, Stein KM, Ellenbogen KA. Atrioventricular optimization improves cardiac resynchronization response in patients with long interventricular electrical delays: A pooled analysis of the SMART-AV and SMART-CRT trials. Heart Rhythm 2024:S1547-5271(24)02277-X. [PMID: 38604592 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.03.1783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The utility of atrioventricular (AV) optimization (AVO) algorithms remains in question. A substudy of the SMART-AV trial found that patients with prolonged interventricular delays ≥70 ms were more likely to benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with AVO. The SMART-CRT trial evaluated AVO on the basis of these results, but the study was underpowered. OBJECTIVE To increase statistical power, data from SMART-AV patients meeting the inclusion criterion of interventricular delay ≥70 ms were pooled with data from SMART-CRT to reassess AVO. METHODS SMART-CRT and SMART-AV were prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trials. Patients in both studies were randomized to be programmed with an AVO algorithm (SmartDelay) or fixed AV delay (120 ms). Paired echocardiograms obtained at baseline and 6 months were compared, with CRT response defined as ≥15% reduction in left ventricular end-systolic volume. RESULTS A total of 451 complete patient data sets were pooled and analyzed. The baseline demographics between studies did not differ statistically in terms of age, sex, left ventricular ejection fraction, or left ventricular end-systolic volume. The AVO group had a greater proportion of CRT responders (SmartDelay, 73.9%; fixed, 63.1%; P = .014) and greater changes in measures of reverse remodeling. SmartDelay patients with a recommended sensed AV delay outside the nominal range (100-120 ms) had 2.3 greater odds of CRT response than fixed AV delay patients. CONCLUSION Greater CRT response and measures of reverse remodeling were observed in patients with SmartDelay enabled vs a fixed AV delay. This study supports the use of SmartDelay in patients with a CRT indication and interventricular delay ≥70 ms. CLINICALTRIALS GOV REGISTRATION NCT00677014 and NCT03089281.
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- Michael R Gold
- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Bijnens J, Trenson S, Voros G, Martens P, Ingelaere S, Betschart P, Voigt JU, Dupont M, Breitenstein A, Steffel J, Willems R, Ruschitzka F, Mullens W, Winnik S, Vandenberk B. Landmark Evolutions in Time and Indication for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Results from a Multicenter Retrospective Registry. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1903. [PMID: 38610667 PMCID: PMC11012510 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13071903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has evolved into an established therapy for patients with chronic heart failure and a wide QRS complex. Data on long-term outcomes over time are scarce and the criteria for implantation remain a subject of investigation. Methods: An international, multicenter, retrospective registry includes 2275 patients who received CRT between 30 November 2000 and 31 December 2019, with a mean follow-up of 3.6 ± 2.7 years. Four time periods were defined, based on landmark trials and guidelines. The combined endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, heart transplantation, or left ventricular assist device implantation. Results: The composite endpoint occurred in 656 patients (29.2%). The mean annual implantation rate tripled from 31.5 ± 17.4/year in the first period to 107.4 ± 62.4/year in the last period. In the adjusted Cox regression analysis, the hazard ratio for the composite endpoint was not statistically different between time periods. When compared to sinus rhythm with left bundle branch block (LBBB), a non-LBBB conduction pattern (sinus rhythm: HR 1.51, 95% CI 1.12-2.03; atrial fibrillation: HR 2.08, 95% CI 1.30-3.33) and a QRS duration below 130 ms (HR 1.64, 95% CI 1.29-2.09) were associated with a higher hazard ratio. Conclusions: Despite innovations, an adjusted regression analysis revealed stable overall survival over time, which can at least partially be explained by a shift in patient characteristics.
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- Jeroen Bijnens
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
- Department of Cardiology, Sint-Jan Hospital Bruges, 8000 Bruges, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, 3600 Genk, Belgium (M.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, 3600 Genk, Belgium (M.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Hirslanden Heart Clinic, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, 3600 Genk, Belgium (M.D.)
- Department of Life Sciences, Hasselt University, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Regional Health Center Wetzikon, 8620 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (G.V.)
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Linde C. Electrical therapies in heart failure: Evolving technologies and indications. Presse Med 2024; 53:104192. [PMID: 37898311 DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Device therapy for heart failure has rapidly evolved over 2 decades. The knowledge of indications, assessment lead and device technology has expanded to include CRT, leadless pacing and conduction system pacing such as His bundle and left bundle branch area pacing. But there is still a lack of evidence for these new technologies as well as for common indications such as atrial fibrillation and upgrading from a previous device. The role of personalized medicine will become increasingly important when selecting candidates for CRT, primary preventive ICD ablation procedures and emerging new devices such as cardiac contractility modulation (CCM). Rapidity of therapy is associated with outcome which will be a challenge. If properly implemented devices and drugs will have a large positive affect of HF outcomes.
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- Cecilia Linde
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Al-Khatib SM. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices. N Engl J Med 2024; 390:442-454. [PMID: 38294976 DOI: 10.1056/nejmra2308353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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- Sana M Al-Khatib
- From the Division of Cardiology and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Tokmak F, Koivisto T, Lahdenoja O, Vasankari T, Jaakkola S, Airaksinen KEJ. Mechanocardiography detects improvement of systolic function caused by resynchronization pacing. Physiol Meas 2023; 44:125009. [PMID: 38041869 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ad1197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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Objective.Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is commonly used to manage heart failure with dyssynchronous ventricular contraction. CRT pacing resynchronizes the ventricular contraction, while AAI (single-chamber atrial) pacing does not affect the dyssynchronous function. This study compared waveform characteristics during CRT and AAI pacing at similar pacing rates using seismocardiogram (SCG) and gyrocardiogram (GCG), collectively known as mechanocardiogram (MCG).Approach.We included 10 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and previously implanted CRT pacemakers. ECG and MCG recordings were taken during AAI and CRT pacing at a heart rate of 80 bpm. Waveform characteristics, including energy, vertical range (amplitude) during systole and early diastole, electromechanical systole (QS2) and left ventricular ejection time (LVET), were derived by considering 6 MCG axes and 3 MCG vectors across frequency ranges of >1 Hz, 20-90 Hz, 6-90 Hz and 1-20 Hz.Main results.Significant differences were observed between CRT and AAI pacing. CRT pacing consistently exhibited higher energy and vertical range during systole compared to AAI pacing (p< 0.05). However, QS2, LVET and waveform characteristics around aortic valve closure did not differ between the pacing modes. Optimal differences were observed in SCG-Y, GCG-X, and GCG-Y axes within the frequency range of 6-90 Hz.Significance.The results demonstrate significant differences in MCG waveforms, reflecting improved mechanical cardiac function during CRT. This information has potential implications for predicting the clinical response to CRT. Further research is needed to explore the differences in signal characteristics between responders and non-responders to CRT.
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- Fadime Tokmak
- Department of Computing, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Computing, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Computing, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, FI-20500 Turku, Finland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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Katritsis DG, Calkins H. Septal and Conduction System Pacing. Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev 2023; 12:e25. [PMID: 37860698 PMCID: PMC10583155 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2023.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Statuto G, Carecci A, Lazzeri M, Bertelli M, Ziacchi M, Biffi M. Can we correct dyssynchrony by pacing the right side? The case for right ventricular-synchronized cardiac resynchronization therapy. HeartRhythm Case Rep 2023; 9:634-638. [PMID: 37746565 PMCID: PMC10511925 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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- Giovanni Statuto
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Cao Z, Chen X, Su L, Hou X. Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with heart failure and nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2023; 46:913-923. [PMID: 37477568 DOI: 10.1111/pace.14791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
The efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) is well established with Class I or IIa recommendation according to 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and CRT, whereas non-LBBB morphology is less recommended. There is insufficient evidence that proves patients with NICD could benefit from CRT. As patients with NICD are characterized by heterogeneity, the effect of CRT on these patients is still controversial. Although the proportion of NICD in the population is lower than that of LBBB patients, it is still worth investigating the effects of CRT on patients with NICD in an era of His-Purkinje conduction system pacing (HPCSP).
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- Zezhong Cao
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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