Left ventricular pacing proves equal to biventricular pacing
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
In a study that may have important cost and safety implications for cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure (HF), researchers found that pacing just the left ventricle, as opposed to the traditional practice of pacing both ventricles, may be sufficient for clinical benefit. Since pacing only the left ventricle reduces the number of leads a doctor must place in the heart when implanting a cardiac resynchronisation device, the approach promises to lead to improvements from technical, economical and safety points of view, a UK team reported.