Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization on Disease Progression in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, an Indication for an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, and Mildly Symptomatic Chronic Heart Failure

  • William T. Abraham
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • James B. Young
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Angel R. León
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Stuart Adler
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Alan J. Bank
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Shelley A. Hall
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Randy Lieberman
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • L. Bing Liem
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • John B. O’Connell
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • John S. Schroeder
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).
  • Kevin R. Wheelan
    From the Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus (W.T.A.); Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (J.B.Y.); Emory University-Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Ga (A.R.L.); St Paul Heart Clinic, St Paul, Minn (A.J.B., S.A.); Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Tex (S.A.H., K.R.W.); Harper University Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich (J.B.O., R.L.); and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif (L.B.L., J.S.S.).

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<jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Background—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> The effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with mildly symptomatic heart failure have not been fully elucidated. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Methods and Results—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> The Multicenter InSync ICD Randomized Clinical Evaluation II (MIRACLE ICD II) was a randomized, double-blind, parallel-controlled clinical trial of CRT in NYHA class II heart failure patients on optimal medical therapy with a left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ≤35%, a QRS ≥130 ms, and a class I indication for an ICD. One hundred eighty-six patients were randomized: 101 to the control group (ICD activated, CRT off) and 85 to the CRT group (ICD activated, CRT on). End points included peak V̇ <jats:sc>o</jats:sc> <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> , V̇ <jats:sc>e</jats:sc> /V̇ <jats:sc>co</jats:sc> <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> , NYHA class, quality of life, 6-minute walk distance, LV volumes and ejection fraction, and composite clinical response. Compared with the control group at 6 months, no significant improvement was noted in peak V̇ <jats:sc>o</jats:sc> <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> , yet there were significant improvements in ventricular remodeling indexes, specifically LV diastolic and systolic volumes ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.04 and <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.01, respectively), and LV ejection fraction ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.02). CRT patients showed statistically significant improvement in V̇ <jats:sc>e</jats:sc> /V̇ <jats:sc>co</jats:sc> <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.01), NYHA class ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.05), and clinical composite response ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> =0.01). No significant differences were noted in 6-minute walk distance or quality of life scores. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Conclusions—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> In patients with mild heart failure symptoms on optimal medical therapy with a wide QRS complex and an ICD indication, CRT did not alter exercise capacity but did result in significant improvement in cardiac structure and function and composite clinical response over 6 months. </jats:p>

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  • Circulation

    Circulation 110 (18), 2864-2868, 2004-11-02

    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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