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GUIDELINE-DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY BEFORE CRT: IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY?

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Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is recommended for patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB) on guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for at least 3 months.… Click to show full abstract

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is recommended for patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB) on guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for at least 3 months. For a subset of patients with wide LBBB and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM)

Keywords: guideline directed; therapy crt; medical therapy; directed medical; therapy

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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