Ventricular resynchronization: pathophysiology and identification of responders.

Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

2001 • 2,717 citations

Effect of Pacing Chamber and Atrioventricular Delay on Acute Systolic Function of Paced Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

1999 • 1,164 citations

Tissue Doppler Echocardiographic Evidence of Reverse Remodeling and Improved Synchronicity by Simultaneously Delaying Regional Contraction After Biventricular Pacing Therapy in Heart Failure

2002 • 1,112 citations

long-term clinical effect of hemodynamically optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and ventricular conduction delay

2002 • 1,046 citations

Improved Left Ventricular Mechanics From Acute VDD Pacing in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Conduction Delay

1999 • 989 citations

Left bundle-branch block is associated with increased 1-year sudden and total mortality rate in 5517 outpatients with congestive heart failure: A report from the Italian network on congestive heart failure

2002 • 795 citations

Left Ventricular or Biventricular Pacing Improves Cardiac Function at Diminished Energy Cost in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Left Bundle-Branch Block

2000 • 764 citations

Cardiac resynchronization therapy tailored by echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular asynchrony

2002 • 707 citations

Mapping of regional myocardial strain and work during ventricular pacing: experimental study using magnetic resonance imaging tagging

1999 • 659 citations

Evaluation of Different Ventricular Pacing Sites in Patients With Severe Heart Failure

1997 • 656 citations

Effect of Resynchronization Therapy Stimulation Site on the Systolic Function of Heart Failure Patients

2001 • 632 citations

Tissue doppler imaging predicts improved systolic performance and reversed left ventricular remodeling during long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy

2002 • 621 citations

Acute hemodynamic effects of biventricular DDD pacing in patients with end-stage heart failure

1998 • 539 citations

Retiming the failing heart: principles and current clinical status of cardiac resynchronization

2002 • 506 citations

Systolic Improvement and Mechanical Resynchronization Does Not Require Electrical Synchrony in the Dilated Failing Heart With Left Bundle-Branch Block

2002 • 463 citations

Electrophysiological effects of myocardial stretch and mechanical determinants of stretch-activated arrhythmias.

1992 • 418 citations

Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy using hemodynamically optimized pacing on left ventricular remodeling in patients with congestive heart failure and ventricular conduction disturbances11The PAcing THerapies in Congestive Heart Failure (PATH-CHF) study was supported by a grant from the Guidant Corporation (St. Paul, Minnesota). Drs. Pochet, Salo, Kramer and Spinelli have corporate appointments with Guidant Corp.

2001 • 416 citations

QRS duration and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure

2002 • 395 citations

Redistribution of myocardial fiber strain and blood flow by asynchronous activation

1990 • 383 citations

Effects of dual-chamber pacing with short atrioventricular delay in dilated cardiomyopathy

1992 • 381 citations

Predictors of Systolic Augmentation From Left Ventricular Preexcitation in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

2000 • 375 citations

Comparison of characteristics in responders versus nonresponders with biventricular pacing for drug-resistant congestive heart failure

2002 • 293 citations

Natural history of abnormal conduction and its relation to prognosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

1996 • 286 citations

Mapping propagation of mechanical activation in the paced heart with MRI tagging

1999 • 279 citations

Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on Myocardial Efficiency and Regional Oxidative Metabolism

2003 • 213 citations

Effect of alteration of left ventricular activation sequence on the left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relation in closed-chest dogs.

1985 • 205 citations

Interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

2002 • 204 citations

Left ventricular filling dynamics and diastolic function

1990 • 194 citations

Influence of pacing site on canine left ventricular contraction

1986 • 191 citations

A prolonged QRS duration on surface electrocardiogram is a specific indicator of left ventricular dysfunction

1998 • 186 citations

Long-term left ventricular pacing: assessment and comparison with biventricular pacing in patients with severe congestive heart failure

2001 • 157 citations

Impact of Acute Biventricular Pacing on Left Ventricular Performance and Volumes in Patients with Severe Heart Failure

2001 • 105 citations

Comparison of the Effects of Right Atrial, Right Ventricular Apex and Atrioventricular Sequential Pacing on Myocardial Oxygen Consumption and Cardiac Efficiency: A Laboratory Investigation*

1988 • 101 citations

Quantitation of basal dyssynchrony and acute resynchronization from left or biventricular pacing by novel echo-contrast variability imaging

2002 • 96 citations

Patient Selection for Biventricular Pacing

2002 • 94 citations

Cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure: biventricular pacing and beyond

2002 • 85 citations

Effects of timing of atrial systole on LV filling and mitral valve closure: computer and dog studies

1985 • 76 citations

Cardiac mechano-electric feedback in man: clinical relevance

1999 • 66 citations

Left bundle branch block: A predictor of poor left ventricular function in coronary artery disease

1983 • 60 citations

Stretch-induced modifications of myocardial performance: from ventricular function to cellular and molecular mechanisms

1996 • 59 citations

The Effects of Ventricular Pacing on Left Ventricular Geometry, Function, Myocardial Oxygen Consumption, and Efficiency of Contraction in Conscious Dogs

1998 • 59 citations

Influence of loading patterns on peak length-tension relation and on relaxation in cardiac muscle

1989 • 57 citations

Echocardiographic prediction of long‐term response to biventricular pacemaker in severe heart failure

2002 • 46 citations

Load-induced changes in repolarization: evidence from experimental and clinical data

2001 • 35 citations

Biventricular pacing improves quality of life and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay.

2002 • 28 citations

Cardiac resynchronization therapy

2002 • 14 citations

Loading determinants of isovolumic pressure fall in closed-chest dogs

1991 • 13 citations

Regulation of left ventricular pressure fall

1990 • 10 citations