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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2008) 5, 122-123
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1103  

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: no benefit in heart failure with narrow QRS intervals

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Current guidelines support the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure and a prolonged QRS interval (greater than or equal to120 ms); however, tissue Doppler imaging has shown that some patients with a narrow QRS interval (<130 ms) also have mechanical dyssynchrony and might, therefore, benefit from CRT.

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