Predicting the Development of Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block
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Methods
This study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Duke Institutional Review Board. The study cohort was identified in the Duke Echocardiographic Laboratory Database8,9 after linking to the electrocardiogram database. The study population consisted of patients aged ā„18 years with a standard 12 lead electrocardiogram obtained within 30 days of a clinically obtained echocardiogram and a follow-up echocardiogram performed >6 months later. Baseline echocardiograms were
Results
A total of 50 patients fulfilled eligibility criteria and were included in the analysis (Figure 1), 16 patients developed decreased LVEF and 34 patients did not. The mean time to follow-up echocardiogram was 4.3 years (SDāÆ=āÆ2.8 years) in both patients with decreased LVEF and those without unchanged follow-up LVEF, p = 0.95 for difference between groups. Patients who developed decreased LVEF had a mean follow-up LVEF of 37.0% (SDāÆ=āÆ8.1%) with a mean LVEF change of ā14.9% (SDāÆ=āÆ8.3%) whereas
Discussion
In our cohort of 50 patients with LBBB and normal LVEF, 16 (32%) developed decreased LVEF. Baseline patient characteristics were not associated with the risk of developing decreased LVEF, however, baseline echocardiographic variables including lower LVEF, longer ICT and IRT, and shorter DFT were associated with the risk of developing decreased LVEF.
The current ACCF/HRS/AHA/ASE/HFSA/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR appropriate use criteria statement supports the use of CRT as a class I indication for treatment of
Disclosures
Dr. Atwater receives research support from Boston Scientific, Abbott Medical and Honoraria from Abbott Medical, Medtronic, and Biotronik. Dr. Sze has received research funding from Medtronic. Dr. Black-Maier receives research support from Boston Scientific. Dr. Loring is supported in part by an NIH T32 training grant (#5T32HL069749) and receives research support from Boston Scientific, and serves as a consultant to Huxley Medical. All other authors have reported no relevant disclosures to this
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