How to follow a patient with heart failure and a biventricular device

Continuing Cardiology Education Pub Date : 2016-12-20 DOI:10.1002/cce2.39

E. K. Theofilogiannakos, V. P. Vassilikos

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy is the gold standard therapy for patients with moderate to severe heart failure symptoms on optimal medical treatment, with left ventricular ejection fraction <35% and broad QRS (>120 msec). However, one-third of them do not respond to CRT (defines as no any functional/symptomatic improvement and/or without left ventricular reverse remodeling). Some patients might potentially be responders if manages properly and for this reason, patient after CRT implantation should be followed up regularly. Given that a CRT patient is mainly a heart failure patient, follow up should not be focused only on device interrogation but it is essential to optimize the overall heart failure of the patient. This paper reviews the stages of an outpatient follow up of a CRT patient focusing primarily on the nonresponders management.

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如何随访心力衰竭患者和双心室装置

心脏再同步化治疗是中重度心力衰竭患者在最佳药物治疗下的金标准治疗，左心室射血分数<35%， QRS宽(>120 msec)。然而，其中三分之一的人对CRT没有反应(定义为没有任何功能/症状改善和/或没有左心室反向重构)。如果处理得当，一些患者可能有潜在的应答，因此，CRT植入后患者应定期随访。鉴于CRT患者主要是心力衰竭患者，随访不应只关注器械询问，而应优化患者的整体心力衰竭。本文回顾了一名CRT患者门诊随访的阶段，主要关注无应答者的管理。回答问题并获得CME: https://wileyhealthlearning.com/Activity2/4596349/Activity.aspx

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