Heart Failure Prevention
Erasmus University, Department of Cardiology describes research in heart failure prevention
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, April 8th, 2008
A new study, 'Reverse of left ventricular volumetric and structural remodeling in heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy,' is now available. According to a study from Rotterdam, Netherlands, "Patients with heart failure and mechanical dyssynchrony suffer a progressive increase in left ventricular (LV) mass and asymmetrical regional hypertrophy with eventual poor prognosis. The present study sought to investigate whether cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) could reverse these abnormalities."
"The study included 66 consecutive heart failure patients who received CRT. All patients underwent serial evaluation before, 3 months after, and 12...
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