<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure"^^ . " The most recent treatment option of medically refractory heart failure includes cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) by biventricular pacing in selected patients in NYHA functional class III or IV heart failure. The widely used marker to indicate left ventricular (LV) asynchrony has been the surface ECG, but seems not to be a sufficient marker of the mechanical events within the LV and prediction of clinical response. This review presents an overview of techniques for identification of left ventricular intra- and interventricular asynchrony. Both manuscripts for electrical and mechanical asynchrony are reviewed, partly predicting response to CRT. In summary there is still no gold standard for assessment of LV asynchrony for CRT, but both traditional and new echocardiographic methods have shown asynchronous LV contraction in heart failure patients, and resynchronized LV contraction during CRT and should be implemented as additional methods for selecting patients to CRT. \n"^^ . "2005-07" . . . "5" . "3" . . "Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group"^^ . . . "Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Balbir"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "Balbir Singh"^^ . . "Faerestrand"^^ . "Svein"^^ . "Faerestrand Svein"^^ . . "Anup"^^ . "Gupta"^^ . "Anup Gupta"^^ . . "Johnson"^^ . "Francis"^^ . "Johnson Francis"^^ . . "Yash"^^ . "Lokhandwala"^^ . "Yash Lokhandwala"^^ . . "Schuster"^^ . "Peter"^^ . "Schuster Peter"^^ . . . . . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure (HTML)"^^ . . . . . . "ipej_logo_border.gif"^^ . . . "schuster1.jpg"^^ . . . "schuster.htm"^^ . . . "ipej_but_currentissue.gif"^^ . . . "ipej_title.gif"^^ . . . "ipej_but_archives.gif"^^ . . . "ipej_but_home.gif"^^ . . . "ipej_but_editors.gif"^^ . . . "schuster2.jpg"^^ . . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "schuster.pdf"^^ . . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Techniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #4447 \n\nTechniques for Identification of Left Ventricular Asynchrony for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal" . .