Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Part I : Heart failure: pathophysiology and treatment 1. Epidemiology of Heart Failure 2. The Desynchronized Heart 3. Conventional Medical Therapy for HF with Low EF 4. Determinants of Remodeling 5. Summary of all the Large Randomized Trials 6. Exploring subpopulations using CRT 7. Effects of CRT on Structural and Functional Remodeling 8. Non-responders and Patient Selection from a Heart Failure Perspective Part II: CRT: anatomical considerations, implantation and settings 9. Anatomy of the Coronary Sinus 10. Implantation of Cardiac Resynchronization Devices 11. AV Optimization with CRT 12. V/V Optimization with CRT 13. Complications of CRT 14. Non-responders and Patient Selection from an Electrophysiology Perspective Part III: Patient selection and follow-up; role of echocardiography 15. Differential Effects of CRT in Ischemic versus Non-ischemic Heart Failure 16. Pathobiology of left ventricular dyssynchrony 17. Left ventricular dyssynchrony in predicting response and patient selection; role of tissue Doppler imaging 18. How to Measure Response to CRT 19. Impact of CRT on Mitral Regurgitation 20. Non-responders and Patient Selection from an Echo Perspective Part IV: CRT: evolving indications and future perspectives 21. CRT Combined with ICD Placement? 22. Efficacy of CRT in Atrial Fibrillation 23. CRT in Atrioventricular Block or Symptomatic Bradycardia and Indication 24. CRT in RBBB 25. CRT in NYHA class II Heart Failure 26. CRT in Narrow QRS Duration (