Atrioventricular intrinsic conduction and cardiac resynchronization therapy  

作　　者：WANG Ru-xing GUO Tao 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University in Wuxi and Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214023, China [2]Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2011年第3期436-439,共4页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Cardiac resynchronization therapy （CRT） is a major breakthrough in therapy for patients with advanced congestive heart failure, however, a number of key clinical research questions remain, perhaps most importantly the issue of why apparently suitable patients do not respond to CRT. These issues are also relevant to patients who do respond to CRT as potentially their response might be further increased. Though patients do not respond to CRT because of many known postulated reasons, we review the importance of maintaining atrioventricular intrinsic conduction during CRT in this paper, which maybe is one of methods to reduce the rates of non-response to CRT.Cardiac resynchronization therapy （CRT） is a major breakthrough in therapy for patients with advanced congestive heart failure, however, a number of key clinical research questions remain, perhaps most importantly the issue of why apparently suitable patients do not respond to CRT. These issues are also relevant to patients who do respond to CRT as potentially their response might be further increased. Though patients do not respond to CRT because of many known postulated reasons, we review the importance of maintaining atrioventricular intrinsic conduction during CRT in this paper, which maybe is one of methods to reduce the rates of non-response to CRT.

关 键 词：heart failure cardiac resynchronization therapy atrioventricular intrinsic conduction NON-RESPONDER 

分 类 号：Q463[生物学—生理学] TM712[电气工程—电力系统及自动化]