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Left ventricular internal flow fraction from cardiac magnetic resonance images is higher in patients who respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy

✍ Scribed by Stephanie Clement-Guinaudeau; Jonathan Suever; Antonello D’Andrea; Frits Prinzen; Michael Lloyd; Angel R Leon; John N Oshinski

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 103 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p216

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✦ Synopsis

Despite the guidelines for patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), one third of the patients do not benefit from the therapy. We show that internal flow fraction (IFF), an MRI-based dyssynchrony measure, was higher in responders to CRT than the non-responders. Therefore, IFF could be a useful to select patients who will response to CRT.

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