?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Techniques+for+Identification+of+Left+Ventricular+Asynchrony+for+Cardiac+Resynchronization+Therapy+in+Heart+Failure&rft.creator=Peter%2C+Schuster&rft.creator=Svein%2C+Faerestrand&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=+The+most+recent+treatment+option+of+medically+refractory+heart+failure+includes+cardiac+resynchronization+therapy+(CRT)+by+biventricular+pacing+in+selected+patients+in+NYHA+functional+class+III+or+IV+heart+failure.+The+widely+used+marker+to+indicate+left+ventricular+(LV)+asynchrony+has+been+the+surface+ECG%2C+but+seems+not+to+be+a+sufficient+marker+of+the+mechanical+events+within+the+LV+and+prediction+of+clinical+response.+This+review+presents+an+overview+of+techniques+for+identification+of+left+ventricular+intra-+and+interventricular+asynchrony.+Both+manuscripts+for+electrical+and+mechanical+asynchrony+are+reviewed%2C+partly+predicting+response+to+CRT.+In+summary+there+is+still+no+gold+standard+for+assessment+of+LV+asynchrony+for+CRT%2C+but+both+traditional+and+new+echocardiographic+methods+have+shown+asynchronous+LV+contraction+in+heart+failure+patients%2C+and+resynchronized+LV+contraction+during+CRT+and+should+be+implemented+as+additional+methods+for+selecting+patients+to+CRT.+%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2005-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4447%2F1%2Fschuster.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4447%2F2%2Fschuster.pdf&rft.identifier=++Peter%2C+Schuster+and+Svein%2C+Faerestrand++(2005)+Techniques+for+Identification+of+Left+Ventricular+Asynchrony+for+Cardiac+Resynchronization+Therapy+in+Heart+Failure.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4447%2F