the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(grants 2016YFC1301000 and 2016YFC0900900).
Background:Left bundle branch block(LBBB)-induced cardiomyopathy has been proposed,but the association between LBBB and cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT)response remains unclear and practical criteria for selecti...
BACKGROUND Systemic sclerosis is a rare connective tissue disease characterized by localized or diffuse skin thickening and fibrosis,which usually accumulates in various organs throughout the body.Tachyarrhythmia is a...
This study was supported by the grants from the Science and Technology Department of Suzhou City(No.KJXW2017057);the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province(No.BE2016764);from the Training Program of“the National Tutorial System”of Suzhou City.
Background:Super-responders(SRs)to cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT)regain near-normal or normal cardiac function.The extent of cardiac synchrony of SRs and whether continuous biventricular(BIV)pacing is needed r...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81570370);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2017-I2M-1-009)
Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT)is a highly effective treatment in patients with a class I recommendation.However,a small proportion of the strictly selected patients still fail to respond.This study ...
funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.81671685)
Objective To construct a prediction model based on metabolic profiling for predicting the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT).Methods Peripheral venous(PV)and coronary sinus(CS)blood samples were collec...
Background Whether cardiac resynchronization therapy super-responders (CRT-SRs) still have indications for neuro-hormonal antagonists or not remains uninvestigated.Methods We reviewed clinical data from 376 patients w...
OBJECTIVE: To explore the echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) after Qiangxin Decoction combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy. METHODS: A total of 140 CHF patients admitt...
Supported by The Clinical Research Center Project of Department of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province,No.(2016)410 and No.(2017)5405
BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT) can be used as an escalated therapy to improve heart function in patients with cardiac dysfunction due to long-term right ventricular pacing. However, guidelines are o...
a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of Ghina (No.81570220).
Objective:Physiologic cardiac pacing is a novel technique which has been largely popularized in recent decades.His bundle pacing (HBP) has been long considered the most physiologic pacing method;however, with the wide...
To the Editor:A20-year-old unmarried young male was hospitalized for 1 week due to an unexpected finding of heart enlargement at his regular physical examination.His parents and two sisters presented no abnormal findi...