Hemodynamic device-based optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy: concordance with systematic echocardiographic assessment of AV and VV intervals

Mário M Oliveira, Luisa M Branco, Ana Galrinho, Nogueira da Silva, Pedro S Cunha, Bruno Valente, Joana Feliciano, Ricardo Pimenta, Ana Sofia Delgado, Rui Cruz Ferreira Santa Marta Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal Background: Inappropriate settings of atrioventricular (AV) and ventriculo-ventricular (VV) intervals can be one of the factors impacting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Optimal concordance of AV and VV intervals between echocardiographic-based assessment and a device-based automatic programming with a hemodynamic sensor was investigated, together with left ventricle (LV) reverse remodeling after 6 months of regular automatic device-based optimization.Methods: We evaluated blindly 30 systematic echocardiographic examinations during 6 months in 17 patients (12 men, 64±10 years, in sinus rhythm and New York Heart Association class III; 76% with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, LV ejection fraction [LVEF] 40%). A statistically significant increase in LVEF was observed between baseline and 6 months post implant (P