Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Heart Failure
Change in Blood Pressure Just After Initiation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Predicts Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Yasuaki TanakaHiroshi TadaEiji YamashitaChizuru SatoTadanobu IrieYasuhiko HoriKoji GotoJotaro IwamotoHiroki ManniMiki YokokawaShigeto NaitoShigeru OshimaKoichi Taniguchi
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2009 Volume 73 Issue 2 Pages 288-294

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Background The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the long-term effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and to clarify the useful predictors of clinical outcome. Methods and Results The study group comprised 43 patients with advanced heart failure who underwent CRT (10 females; 66±10 years): 23 were in sinus rhythm (SR group) and 20 had chronic atrial fibrillation (AF group). The clinical parameters and echocardiographic data were evaluated before and after CRT. There were no significant differences in the clinical parameters, echocardiographic data at baseline or frequency of responders between the 2 groups. In both groups, the clinical characteristics at baseline did not differ between the responders and non-responders. A prompt rise in systolic blood pressure (SBP) just after CRT was observed more often in responders than in non-responders, and SBP rise ≥5 mmHg was the only significant independent predictor of a CRT responder (P=0.0033). Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the event-free survival between patients with and without SBP rise ≥5 mmHg, demonstrated by Kaplan-Meier method, at 2 years of follow-up (P=0.045). Conclusion A prompt BP rise just after CRT may predict short- and long-term clinical improvement in CRT recipients. (Circ J 2009; 73: 288 - 294)

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