Quest for the best candidate - How much imaging do we need before prescribing cardiac resynchronization therapy?

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[12] Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) trial [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2311 - 2321

[13] Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2322 - 2324

[14] Hunt SA, 2005, CIRCULATION, V112, pE154, DOI [10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167586, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167587]

[15] Heart failure devices - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and biventricular pacing therapy [J]. CIRCULATION, 2005, 111 (24) : 3327 - 3335

[16] Significance of QRS complex duration in patients with heart failure [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2183 - 2192

[17] Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with symptomatic heart failure [J]. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2004, 141 (05) : 343 - 351

[18] Value of pulse-wave tissue Doppler imaging to identify dyssynergic but viable myocardium [J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2003, 92 (01) : 64 - 67

[19] Global longitudinal strain: A novel index of left ventricular systolic function [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 2004, 17 (06) : 630 - 633

[20] Novel speckle-tracking radial strain from routine black-and-white echocardiographic images to quantify dyssynchrony and predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy [J]. CIRCULATION, 2006, 113 (07) : 960 - 968

[11] There is plenty of room for cardiac resynchronization therapy devices without back-up defibrillators in the electrical treatment of heart failure [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2204 - 2207

[12] Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) trial [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2311 - 2321

[13] Cost effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2322 - 2324

[14] Hunt SA, 2005, CIRCULATION, V112, pE154, DOI [10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167586, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.167587]

[15] Heart failure devices - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and biventricular pacing therapy [J]. CIRCULATION, 2005, 111 (24) : 3327 - 3335

[16] Significance of QRS complex duration in patients with heart failure [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2005, 46 (12) : 2183 - 2192

[17] Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with symptomatic heart failure [J]. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2004, 141 (05) : 343 - 351

[18] Value of pulse-wave tissue Doppler imaging to identify dyssynergic but viable myocardium [J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2003, 92 (01) : 64 - 67

[19] Global longitudinal strain: A novel index of left ventricular systolic function [J]. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 2004, 17 (06) : 630 - 633

[20] Novel speckle-tracking radial strain from routine black-and-white echocardiographic images to quantify dyssynchrony and predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy [J]. CIRCULATION, 2006, 113 (07) : 960 - 968