[Do the guidelines always show us the ideal treatment of patients for cardiac resynchronisation therapy?]

Kardiol Pol. 2012;70(9):968-70.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We present a case of 80-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation and heart failure with mildly depressed left ventricular ejection fraction who deteriorated after implantation of pacemaker to right ventricular apex. The patient improved when pacemaker was upgraded to resynchronisation therapy (CRT). The question is raised if CRT should have been implanted primarily.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / standards*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Treatment Failure