New Pacing Techniques and Non-invasive Methods That May Improve Response and Patient Selection to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
A special issue of Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (ISSN 2308-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiovascular Clinical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 12365
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wide QRS complex tachycardia; ventricular tachycardia; supraventricular tachycardia; heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; acute pulmonary embolism; electrocardiography; echocardiography; experimental electrophysiology; antioxidants; oxidative stress; free radical reactions; amiodarone toxicity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) proved to be an effective management of symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction associated with intraventricular conduction disturbance and refractory to optimal medical therapy, the non-response rate to CRT is still 20-40%. The still non-negligible non-response to CRT is due to the fact that patient selection for CRT with the currently recommended criteria (QRS duration and morphology, left ventricular ejection fraction) is not optimal, and the application of other pacing techniques than the currently applied CRT technique might be preferred in some patients. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview about the promising results of newer pacing techniques, such as conduction system pacing (His bundle pacing, left bundle branch area pacing), which can be applied for CRT and to present new non-invasive (electrocardiographic, echocardiographic) methods that may improve patient selection for CRT. These non-invasive methods may improve patient selection for CRT by better assessing the main determinant of CRT response, the presence or absence of significant electrical (and consequential mechanical) ventricular dyssynchrony and the ability of the applied CRT technique to eliminate it, than the currently recommended criteria. By reading this Special Issue cardiologists get insight into the latest promising methods that may improve response to CRT.
Dr. András Vereckei
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- conduction system pacing
- His bundle pacing
- left bundle branch area pacing
- vectorcardiographic QRS area
- electrocardiographic dyssynchrony criteria
- electrocardiographic imaging
- echocardiographic mechanical dyssynchrony criteria
- septal flash
- apical rocking
- mechanical dispersion
- myocardial work
- electrocardiography
- echocardiography