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Article: Research conducted at J. Magne and co-authors has provided new information about echocardiography.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves left ventricular (LV) volumes, mitral regurgitation (MR) severity and symptoms of patients with heart failure (HF). However, >= 30% of patients have no significant clinical or echocardiographic improvement following CRT," scientists in Canada report (see also Echocardiography).
"Reverse remodeling after CRT correlates with improved clinical outcomes. We hypothesized that in NT-pro BNP monitoring is accurate to identify responders following CRT. 42 consecutive patients (mean age 66 +/- 12 years, male 68%) with HF undergoing CRT were prospectively enrolled. Responders at follow-up were defined by echocardiography ...
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